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c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2625 Right as a singuler persone [v.rr. person; man] synneth in takynge vengeance of another man, right so synneth the iuge if he do no vengeance of hem that it han disserued.

1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 75/1 Yey, by that same name, mowe be persones able to purchase Londez and Tenementz of all manere persones.

1475 Rolls of Parl. VI. 150/1 Almaner Londes, Tenementes..and Pensions, which any persone Temporell, corporat or not corporat..then had, held, posseded, or occupied.

1689 S. Johnson Remarks Dr. Sherlock's Bk. 40 The next thing requisite to a Person being Commissionated is that he be a Legal Person.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) A Writ that lies for Prebendaries, or other Spiritual Persons.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. 123 Natural persons are such as the God of nature formed us; artificial are such as are created and devised by human laws for the purposes of society and government; which are called corporations or bodies politic.

1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 74 §1 The word ‘Person’ shall extend to a Body Politic, Corporate, or Collegiate, as well as an Individual.

1861 W. Bell Dict. Sc. Law 219/1 Two or more persons are bound conjunctly and severally to perform an obligation.

1900 Daily News 20 Apr. 7/5 A Bill..extending to juridical persons, that is, duly registered corporations or partnerships, the right to engage in mining.

1959 Dict. Eng. Law II. 1334/2 In jurisprudence, a person is the object of rights and duties, that is, capable of having rights and of being liable to duties, while a thing is the subject of rights and duties.

1992 A. Pannett Princ. Hotel & Catering Law (ed. 3) 52 A limited company is an artificial legal person.