Person - Indian Laws - General

Word person The dictionary meaning of the word person is as under : Chambers s Dictionary : An individual; a living soul; a human being; b: the outward appearance, c : bodily form; a distinction in form; according as the subject of the verb is the person speaking, spoken to or spoken of. Webster s Third New : An individual human being; a human International Dictionary body as distinguished from an animal or thing; an individual having a specified kind of bodily appearance; the body of a human being as presented to public view normally with its appropriate coverings and clothings; a living individual unit; a being possessing or forming the subject of personality. Black s Law Dictionary : In general usage, a human being (i.e. natural person), though by statute term may include labour organizations, partnerships, associations, corporations. Law Lexicon : The expression person is a noun by P. Ramanatha Aiyar according to grammar and it means a character represented as on the stage, a human being; a self-conscious personality. STATE OF HP. VERSUS PAWAN KUMAR - 2005 (4) TMI 549 - SUPREME COURT