法人格(ほうじんかく)

ほうじんかく
noun
legal personality; corporate status
formallegallawbusiness
1. legal personality; status as a legal entity
The legal standing that lets an organization hold property, sign contracts, and sue in its own name, separately from the people who run it.
この団体(だんたい)には法人格(ほうじんかく)がない。
This organization has no legal personality.
登記(とうき)によって法人格(ほうじんかく)を取得(しゅとく)した。
It acquired legal personality through registration.
法人格(ほうじんかく)があれば団体(だんたい)名義(めいぎ)で口座(こうざ)を開(ひら)いたり契約(けいやく)を結(むす)んだりできる。
With legal personality, an organization can open accounts and sign contracts in its own name.

法人(ほうじん) (juridical person, corporation) + 格(かく) (status, standing). Central to Japanese discussion of NPOs, associations, and companies, since many small groups operate without it.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 法人(ほうじん): legal person, corporation — the entity itself rather than its status
  • 権利能力(けんりのうりょく): capacity to hold rights — the wider legal concept covering individuals too
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Added 2026.7.27 12:18 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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