- body politic and corporate
- A term often applied to a municipal corporation. A county is such a body. Waterbury v Board of Comrs. 10 Mont 515, 26 P 1002.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
body politic and corporate
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