Homonculus
/ˌhɒm.əˈnjuː.kləs/
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- (n.) A small, fully formed human or human-like figure used metaphorically in legal theory to describe constructed legal personalities or entities.
The legal scholar referred to the corporation as a homonculus in his analysis of corporate personhood.
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The term 'homonculus' is rarely used in strict legal texts but may appear in jurisprudential discourse to metaphorically illustrate legal constructs resembling persons.
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