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Commercial entity

A commercial entity is a legal construct capable of bearing rights and obligations and entering into legal contracts in its own name.

Commercial entities include:

corporations
nations
states
cooperatives (co-ops)
collectives[?]
unions
municipalities
political parties
political action committees (PACs)
estates

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