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CORPORATE BODY Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

This term, or its equivalent “body corporate,” is applied to private corporations aggregate; not including municipal corporations. Cedar County v. Johnson, 50 Mo. 225; East Oakland Tp. v. Skinner, 94 U. S. 256, 24 D. Ed. 125; Campbell v. Railroad Co., 71 111. 611 ; Com. v. Beamish. 81 Pa. St. 391.

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