Dartmouth College defines the corporation as an artificial legal being
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- Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. 518 (1819) whole source
Supreme Court case source for the corporation as an artificial being existing in contemplation of law.
- Artificial person whole source
Legal reference explaining an artificial person as a non-human legal entity recognized by law.
- Corporation whole source
Legal reference explaining corporations as fictional persons that may sue, be sued, lend, and borrow.
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- preceded The corporation wins the rights of a person 1886 Dartmouth is an earlier corporate-personhood landmark before later constitutional corporate-rights doctrine.
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