Core Entity
LegalEntity
Status: Standard
- Definition
- A business that is legally registered.
- Guidance
- In many countries there is a single registry although in others, such as Spain and Germany, multiple registries exist. A Legal Entity is able to trade, is legally liable for its actions, accounts, tax affairs etc.
This makes legal entities distinct from the concept of organisations, groups or sole traders. Many organisations exist that are not legal entities; yet to the outside world they have staff, hierarchies, locations etc. Other organisations exist that are an umbrella for several legal entities (universities are often good examples of this). This vocabulary is concerned solely with registered legal entities and does not attempt to cover all possible trading bodies. - Unique identifier
- http://api.gov.au/definition/ce/ce32
- Type
- extends Agent
- API url
- https://api.gov.au/definitions/api/definition/ce/ce32
- Related definitions
- skos:subClassOf
- is sub class of Agent
- rdfs:seeAlso
- see also Address
- see also Membership
- see also ChangeEvent
- see also SubEntity
- skos:member
- has member LegalEntityLegalIdentifier
- has member LegalEntityIdentifier
- has member LegalEntityLegalName
- has member LegalEntityAlternativeName
- has member LegalEntityCompanyType
- has member LegalEntityCompanyStatus
- has member LegalEntityCompanyActivity
- has member LegalEntityRegisteredAddress
- has member LegalEntityRegisteredAddress
- has member LegalEntityLocation
- has member LegalEntitySubEntity
- has member LegalEntityContactPoint