body

body
I (collection) noun aggregation, assemblage, batch, colligation, community, company, compilation, congeries, conglomeration, entity, gathering, host, mass, multitude, plenum, polity, sodality, troupe, wholeness associated concepts: body corporate, body politic, governmental body, reviewing body II (main part) noun core, corpus, essential part, exposition, figure, form, greater part, hub, main part, major part, principal part, shape, structure, substance associated concepts: body of an instrument III (person) noun anatomy, cadaver, carcass, carrion, corporality, corporalness, corporeality, corpse, corpus, embodiment, entity, human being, material existence, personage, physical being, physique associated concepts: body attachment, body execution, body heirs IV index aggregate, assemblage, assembly, band, character (an individual), committee, community, confederacy (compact), configuration (form), content (structure), cornerstone, corporation, corpse, corpus, entity, generality (bulk), individual, majority (greater part), mass (body of persons), mass (weight), materiality (physical existence), party (political organization), society, substance (essential nature)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


body
The principal part of anything as distinguished from its subordinate parts, as in the main part of an instrument. An individual, an organization, or an entity given legal recognition, such as a corporation or "body corporate." A compilation of laws known as a "body of laws."

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


body
The principal part of anything as distinguished from its subordinate parts, as in the main part of an instrument. An individual, an organization, or an entity given legal recognition, such as a corporation or "body corporate." A compilation of laws known as a "body of laws."

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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Synonyms:
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  • body — body …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Body — Bod y, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • BODY — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • body — [ bɔdi ] n. m. • mil. XXe; mot angl. « corps » ♦ Anglic. Vêtement, sous vêtement féminin très collant, d une seule pièce, couvrant le tronc. ⇒ justaucorps. Des bodys (ou des bodies) de dentelle. ● body nom masculin (anglais …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • body — [bäd′ē] n. pl. bodies [ME bodi, bodig < OE bodig, trunk, chest, orig. sense “cask,” akin to MLowG boddike, tub for brewing, OHG botah; prob. < It bottega, shop < L apotheca: see APOTHECARY] 1. the whole physical structure and substance… …   English World dictionary

  • body — ► NOUN (pl. bodies) 1) the physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal. 2) the torso. 3) a corpse. 4) the main or central part of something. 5) a mass or collection. 6) an organized group of people with a… …   English terms dictionary

  • body — (n.) O.E. bodig trunk, chest (of a man or animal); related to O.H.G. botah, of unknown origin. Not elsewhere in Germanic, and the word has died out in German, replaced by leib, originally life, and körper, from Latin. In English, extension to… …   Etymology dictionary

  • body — [n1] physique anatomy, bag of bones*, beefcake*, bod*, boody*, build, carcass, chassis, constitution, embodiment, figure, form, frame, makeup, mortal part, protoplasm, shaft, shape, tenement, torso, trunk; concept 405 Ant. mind, soul, spirit body …   New thesaurus

  • body — bódy (angl.) s. n., art. bódy ul; pl. bódy uri Trimis de Laura ana, 14.03.2008. Sursa: DOOM 2  BODY [BÖDI] s. n. tricou din jerseu elastic care se mulează pe corp. (< engl. body, corp) Trimis de raduborza, 14.03.2008. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • body — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. n ndm {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} jednoczęściowy, obcisły strój kobiecy, przypominający połączenie bluzki (koszulki) i majtek (lub obcisłych, krótkich spodenek), zapinany zazwyczaj w kroku na haftki, guziki itp., noszony też jako… …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

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