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физическое лицо

English translation: individual

07:41 Sep 26, 2013
Russian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tourism & Travel / перевозки
Russian term or phrase: физическое лицо
физическое лицо (как противопоставление юридическому лицу)
nata alex
Belarus
English translation:individual
Explanation:
individual

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юр. лицо - legal entity
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Elina Semykina
Russian Federation
Local time: 00:00
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Summary of answers provided
4 +11individual
Elina Semykina
4 +3a natural person
vita z
5physical entity (versus legal entity)
Jack slep
Summary of reference entries provided
natural person
skymir

  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
individual


Explanation:
individual

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Note added at 3 mins (2013-09-26 07:45:19 GMT)
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юр. лицо - legal entity

Elina Semykina
Russian Federation
Local time: 00:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
0 min
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agree  Zamira B.
10 mins
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agree  Nadezhda Golubeva
16 mins
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agree  Andrii Ishchenko
25 mins
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agree  Natalya Sogolovsky
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agree  Anastasia Kozhukhova
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agree  cyhul
47 mins
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agree  Maruti Shinde
1 hr
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agree  Elena Lukun
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agree  Oleksiy Lolenko
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agree  Alexander Grabowski
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a natural person


Explanation:
A natural person is a real human being, as opposed to a legal person, which may be a private (i.e., business entity) or public (i.e., government) organization.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_person
vita z
Latvia
Local time: 00:00
Native speaker of: Latvian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  skymir: in ordinary speech, "физическое лицо" would translate to "individual", however as the question explicitly calls for the term that is directly opposed to a legal entity, I would have to agree
24 mins
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agree  Pham Xuan Thanh: a natural person is a human being, as opposed to an artificial, legal or juristic person, i.e., an organization that the law treats for some purposes as if it were a person distinct from its members or owner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_person
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agree  Sarah McDowell: In legal contexts "natural person" is best.
11 hrs
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1 day 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
physical entity (versus legal entity)


Explanation:
physical entity - an entity that has physical existence
entity - that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

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Legal entity - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_entity‎
A legal entity is a legal construct through which the law allows a group of natural persons to act as if they were a single person for certain purposes. The most ...
What is legal entity? definition and meaning - BusinessDictionary.com

www.businessdictionary.com/definition/legal-entity.html‎
Definition of legal entity: An association, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, trust, or individual that has legal standing in the eyes of law. A legal entity has .

Jack slep
Local time: 17:00
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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Reference comments


38 mins
Reference: natural person

Reference information:
Some more example of the term "natural person"

The second link wasn't accepted by the system for some reason:

second example: A living, breathing human being, as opposed to a legal entity such as a corporation.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/natural_person‎

Example sentence(s):
  • a human being as distinguished in law from an artificial or juristic person < extended to corporations the rights and immunities guaranteed to natural persons

    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20person
skymir
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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