body corporate
A corporation, when viewed as a legal person.
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A corporation, when viewed as a legal person.
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(AU, NZ) An organization of individuals that jointly own a shared housing facility such as a condominium or set of townhouses under a community titles scheme.
A body corporate is the holding body corporate of another if that other body corporate is its subsidiary.
"body corporate" means: An organization of individuals that jointly own a shared housing facility such as a condominium or set of townhouses under a community title.... This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"body corporate" means: An organization of individuals that jointly own a shared housing facility such as a condominium or set of townhouses under a community title.... Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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(more generally) A legal person.
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 tha…
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