legal entity

English

Noun

legal entity (plural legal entities)

1. (law) An organization such as a company or trust fund that the law treats as if it were a person, capable of entering into contracts and of being sued.

Synonyms

• legal person

Translations

organisation that the law treats as a legal person — see legal person

Further reading

• “legal entity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “legal entity”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “legal entity”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• entity, law.cornell.edu
• legal entity, thelawdictionary.org
• legal entity, nasdaq.com
• Companies Act 2006, legislation.gov.uk