Word: 'person' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'person' • Extended Annotations
from Latin persona "a mask, a false face, character/a part in a drama, assumed character/personality"
In legal use, "corporate body or corporation other than the state and having rights and duties before the law"
circa 1400, short for person aggregate
mid 15th century, person corporate
“The difference between legal terms such as “person” and “human being” represents more than a question of standing or mere semantics. Within liberal democratic societies, such as the United States and Canada, such distinctions may indicate substantive differences regarding fundamental concepts such as citizenship, membership in society, and the scope and essential nature of rights and liberties.”
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| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |