quasi corporation

quasi corporation
A body which exercises certain functions of a corporation but which has not been created a corporation by or under any act, general or special, of the legislature. School Dist. v St. Joseph Fire & Marine Ins. Co. 103 US 707, 26 L Ed 601. A term sometimes applied to a county, township, or other political subdivision not regarded as a true municipal corporation. Snider v St. Paul, 51 Minn 466, 53 NW 763.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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