The United States is a juristic person in the sense that it has capacity to sue upon contracts made with it or in vindication of its property rights.
juristic person
Alternative term for juridical person.
juridical person
Definition
Entity (such as a firm) other than a natural person (human being) created by law and recognized as a legal entity having distinct identity, legal personality, and duties and rights. Also called artificial person, juridical entity, juristic person, or legal person. See also body corporate.
juridical person is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
juridical person appears in the definitions of the following terms: legal capacity, juristic person, juridical entity, person, legal person and natural person
The United States is a juristic person in the sense that it has capacity to sue upon contracts made with it or in vindication of its property rights.
Yup, the key word being, "contracts". However, I disagree with the definition's indication that the government has any "property rights". What property rights, or any rights at all, could the government have? Let's take a look at the chain of creation, but in a different way:
creator--(rights)-->human--(permissions)-->government
The creator gave us rights (or we realized that we have them), and we give the government permissions.
So what "property rights" could the government possibly have? They have our "property permission"!
How can a fictional thing have a "right" to any property, let alone interact with it? The concept is ludicrous. And lastly, we created the government to help us manage the lands of the uS, not have any title or "rights" to any of it.
Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:53 am
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yep
That was a court quote, but I don't know how any factitious could have a right to anything, other then be used as a character in the next Dan Brown novel.
