法ほう人じん格かく

noun

legal personality; corporate status

Legal term referring to the capacity of an entity (such as a corporation) to hold rights and obligations under the law.

• 法ほう人じん格かくを取しゅ得とくすると、会かい社しゃは独どく立りつした権けん利り義ぎ務むの主しゅ体たいとなる。

  Once it acquires legal personality, the company becomes an independent subject of rights and obligations.

• NPO法ほう人じんは法ほう人じん格かくを持もつ非ひ営えい利り団だん体たいです。

  An NPO corporation is a non-profit organization that has legal personality.