This document discusses legal personality and its origin and definitions. It begins by noting that law regulates the relationship between individuals and society, and that for something to be a legal person it must have rights and duties. It then discusses the origin of the term "legal personality" from Latin and its evolution to refer to living beings with rights and duties. The document defines legal persons as either natural persons (human beings) or artificial persons (entities other than human beings like corporations that have rights and duties). It provides Salmond's definition that a legal person is any being the law recognizes as capable of rights or duties. Finally, it notes the different legal statuses of unborn individuals, dead individuals, animals, and idols/mosques.

1. Course-B.A.LL.B-IInd Year/ IV Semester
Roll no. - 97
Exam seat no. - 83
JURISPRUDENCE
LEGAL PERSONALITY

2.  Introduction
LAW HUMAN
CONDUCT
CONCERNE
D
Rights and
Duties
Legal Personality
NOTE : If there is no rights and duties there is no
person
• Law regulate the relationship between individual and society

3.  ORIGIN OF THE LEGAL PERSONALITY
• The word ‘Person’ derived from the Latin word ‘Persona’
which meant a mask worn by a actor playing different
roles.
• After 6th century ‘person’ started to be used as man in life
and in later part it is used as a living being having rights
and duties.
Narrow WiderInterpretation
of
Person
Person is bearer
of
Rights
Person is bearer
of
Rights and Duties

4. • Law recognised ‘Person’ in two types: -
 Human being
mean living
person
with Rights &
Duties
NATURAL
PERSON
NARROW VIEW
Person
Natural
Person
Artificial
person
Human beings Other than
man
Rights and
Duties
Rights and
Duties
 Other than
man
includes non-
living being
with Rights &
Duties
{E.g.
Corporations,
companies,
idols etc...}
ARTIFICIAL
PERSON

5.  DEFINATIONS
According to Salmond ‘person’
is any being to whom the law
regard as a capable of Rights
or Duties. Any being that is so
capable, is a person whether
human being or not and
nothing that is not so capable
is a person even though he be
a man.

6.  LEGAL STATUS
LEGAL STATUS FOR
UNBORN
Unborn is a
Legal
Personality
LEGAL STATUS FOR
DEAD MAN
LEGAL STATUS FOR
ANIMAL
Dead Man is not
a Legal
Personality
Animal is not a
Legal
Personality
Idols & Mosque is
a Legal
Personality
LEGAL STATUS FOR
IDOL & MOSQUE

7. Presented by
Rayhan R. Shaikh