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bodies corporate

bodies corporate is the plural of body corporate.

Meaning of body corporate

Noun

body corporate (plural bodies corporate or body corporates)

  1. A corporation, when viewed as a legal person.
    • The Procureur at Singapore of La Société des Missions Étrangères to be a body corporate [section title] [section] 2.—(1) The said Nicolas Justin Couvreur and his successors for the time being in the office of Procureur at Singapore of "La Société des Missions Étrangères", duly qualified as...1891 November 13, Missions Étrangères Ordinance (Ordinance 11 of 1891; Chapter 369, 1985 Revised Edition), Singapore: Government Printer, published 1986, →OCLC
  2. (broadly) A legal person.
  3. (Australia, New Zealand) An organization of individuals that jointly own a shared housing facility such as a condominium or set of townhouses under a community titles scheme.
    • Rules governing the behaviour of residents or tenants are set in two ways: by legislation and by the body corporate creating its own rules of management.2011, Stephen Raff, The Body Corporate Handbook

Questions about bodies corporate

What is bodies corporate the plural of?
Bodies corporate is the plural of body corporate.

Words near bodies corporate in the dictionary

  1. bodicing
  2. bodie
  3. bodied
  4. bodied forth
  5. bodies
  6. bodies corporate
  7. bodies forth
  8. bodies of water
  9. bodies of work
  10. bodies politic
  11. bodies politique

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