Definition of "Person"

[rsmith6621]

Definition of "Person"

per·son
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noun
1.
a human being, whether man, woman, or child: The table seats four persons.
2.
a human being as distinguished from an animal or a thing.
3.
Sociology. an individual human being, especially with reference to his or her social relationships and behavioral patterns as conditioned by the culture.
4.
Philosophy. a self-conscious or rational being.
5.
the actual self or individual personality of a human being: You ought not to generalize, but to consider the person you are dealing with.

[Xicano]

1. Definition of "Person" in "legal terms"

I never enjoy pointing this out, but, I do it because I think its important we know how they are justifying the ridiculous notion that corporations enjoy equal rights compared to people.


Here's a pic taken from one of my legal dictionaries. As you can see what is needed is a constitutional amendment. I think the 14th amendment should be amended. In section 1 of the 14th amendment the words "person" and "persons" should be amended to "individual" and "people". Furthermore I think there needs to be another amendment added to the constitution codifying that any corporation, business or any entity which is not a human being shall not be allowed to have rights enjoyed by human beings. With exceptions made only for animals having the right not to be abused or mistreated of course.

[hay rick]

2. Almost like a corporation

but without comparable tax breaks and political free speech rights.