{"id":7271,"date":"2019-10-15T12:06:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T20:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainingpips.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=7271"},"modified":"2025-12-15T14:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T22:48:24","slug":"person","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/person\/","title":{"rendered":"Person"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A human being or other <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_c5cc868927b2c931a4f59299887e8113\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/entity\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">entity<\/a>, such as a <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_4f66d660ff5268fa11504ca2509093b9\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/corporation\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">corporation<\/a>, that is treated as having the rights and obligations of a <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_905afd290a502cd9c24b5a34ce499744\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/person\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">person<\/a>. This includes governments of various types. However, corporations, counties, and cities cannot have the emotions of humans such as <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_9a41a7d18cf68131131ecf4426b10b56\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/malice\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">malice<\/a>, and therefore are not <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_569f7452b6a1066077d2dab5345ccba2\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/liable\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">liable<\/a> for punitive <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_3cd2979924f004434ea6bcc0a5417ec3\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/damages\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">damages<\/a> unless there is a statute authorizing the award of punitive <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_3cd2979924f004434ea6bcc0a5417ec3\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/damages\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">damages<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A human being or other <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_c5cc868927b2c931a4f59299887e8113\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/entity\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">entity<\/a>, such as a <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_4f66d660ff5268fa11504ca2509093b9\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/corporation\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">corporation<\/a>, that is treated as having the rights and obligations of a <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_905afd290a502cd9c24b5a34ce499744\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/person\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">person<\/a>. This includes governments of various types. However, corporations, counties, and cities cannot have the emotions of humans such as <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_9a41a7d18cf68131131ecf4426b10b56\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/malice\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">malice<\/a>, and therefore are not <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_569f7452b6a1066077d2dab5345ccba2\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/liable\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">liable<\/a> for punitive <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_3cd2979924f004434ea6bcc0a5417ec3\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/glossary\/damages\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">damages<\/a> unless there is a statute [&#x2026;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[],"glossary-tags":[],"glossary-languages":[],"class_list":["post-7271","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"post_title":"Person","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A human being or other entity, such as a corporation, that is treated as having the rights and obligations of a person. 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