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Body corporate and politic - Definition and Overview |
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Body politic or body corporate and politic means a state or one of its subordinate civil authorities, such as a:
It is generally understood to mean a geographic area with an associated government at whatever level. In olden times body politic was also understood to mean the physical person of an emperor, king, dictator etc.
External link
- Dictionary of the History of Ideas: (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv1-11) Analogy of the Body Politic (elaboration of correspondences between society or the state and the individual human body)
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