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A business entity is an entity that is formed and administered as per corporate law [Note 1] in order to engage in business activities, charitable work, or other activities allowable. Most often, business entities are formed to sell a product or a service. There are many types of business entities defined
In jurisprudence, a natural person (also physical person in some Commonwealth countries, or natural entity) is a person (in legal meaning, i.e., one who has its own legal personality) that is an individual human being, distinguished from the broader category of a legal person, which may be a private (i.e., business entity or non-governmental organization) or public (i.e., government) organization.
Using one or more fictitious business names does not create additional separate legal entities. [2] The distinction between a registered legal name and a fictitious business name, or trade name, is important because fictitious business names do not always identify the entity that is legally responsible.
Governments will not allow another corporation or any other kind of legal entity to register a name that is too similar to the name of an existing corporation. [35] However, since "different states may register entities with the same names, a corporate name is a unique identifier only when combined with the name of the state of incorporation". [35]
Such corporations must identify themselves as professional corporations by including "PC" or "P.C." after the firm's name. [1] Professional corporations may exist as part of a larger, more complicated, legal entity; for example, a law firm or medical practice might be organized as a partnership of several or many professional corporations.
The company, as an entity, was created by the state which granted the privilege of incorporation. [1] Companies take various forms, such as: voluntary associations, which may include nonprofit organizations; business entities, whose aim is to generate sales, revenue, and profit; financial entities and banks; programs or educational institutions
A corporation sole is a legal entity consisting of a single ("sole") incorporated office, occupied by a single ("sole") natural person. [1] [2] This structure allows corporations (often religious corporations or Commonwealth governments) to pass without interruption from one officeholder to the next, giving positions legal continuity with subsequent officeholders having identical powers and ...
In United States business law, a registered agent (also known as a resident agent, [1] statutory agent, [2] or agent for service of process [3]) is a business or individual designated to receive service of process (SOP) when a business entity is a party in a legal action such as a lawsuit or summons. [4]