English Explanatory Dictionary

body corporate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A corporation, when viewed as a legal person.
  2. A legal person.
  3. An organization of individuals that jointly own a shared housing facility such as a condominium or set of townhouses under a community titles scheme.

Word forms

body corporate bodies corporate body corporates

Etymology

From Middle English body corporat, body corporate (also body incorperate), equivalent to body + corporate (adjective) and modelled on Middle French corps corporat.

Synonyms

owners corporation
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