CAN A JURISTIC PERSON BE A CITIZEN OF INDIA?
CAN A JURISTIC PERSON BE A CITIZEN OF INDIA? In Jurisprudence, it is expressly stated that there are two kinds of person recognized by law and they are natural person and juristic person . Therefor it can be said that person is genus while natural person and juristic persons are its species. Person- v Meaning - The word ‘Person’ has been derived from the Latin word ‘ persona ’. This term has a long history. At the beginning, the word persona simply used mean a mask. Later on, persona was used to denote the part played by a man in his life. Next to that, the very word was used to denote the man who played the part. Later, in Roman Law, the term became synonymous with the term caput . A slave had an imperfect persona . Lastly, the term was used in the sense of a being who is capable of sustaining rights and duties. v Definition - Many definitions of the term ‘person’ have been given by various jurists and writers, for example- Salmond has