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
   • Section 314 of the 1980 Act provides that a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of a body corporate that has committed particular offences under the 1980 Act will also be guilty of those offences if it can be proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of...2004, Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Act 2004
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
   • This commission is not paid by the body corporate and does not come out of the levies paid by lot owners. Rather, it is a commission paid by each lot owner of the apartments that the onsite letting agent manages as real estate agent.2011, Jeff Ball, Buying An Apartment Off The Plan in Queensland

   Synonyms:

   owners corporation