Latin quote · Law
Universitas personarum
“A totality of persons.”
Legal term
Translation
What does “Universitas personarum” mean?
Universitas personarum translates as “A totality of persons.”
The term describes a group of people treated by the law as one entity, such as a corporation or association. The group can own property and act independently of its changing members.
Origin
The story behind it
A category of Roman and medieval legal thought on corporations, contrasted with universitas rerum, and important in the history of legal personality.
When to use it
How to use “Universitas personarum”
An insightful term for a company-law lecture on the origins of legal personality.
- Latin
- Universitas personarum
- English
- A totality of persons.
- Source
- Legal term
- Era
- Legal Latin
- Theme
- Law
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