Definition : Juridical personality

Ability to be the holder of rights and obligations. Article 1 of the Civil Code of Quebec states: " Every human being possesses juridical personality and has the full enjoyment of civil rights. ».  Article 298 of the Civil Code of Quebec states that: " Legal persons are endowed with juridical personality." The syndicate of co-owners, in its capacity as a legal person, has juridical personality.

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