A Body Corporate And Politic
A body politic or body corporate or polity is a state or one of its subordinate civil authorities, a representation of the ethnic or gender demographics of a region; for example, in many liberal democracies, As to the persons who compose the body politic, they take collectively the name, of people, or nation; and individually they are citizens, when considered in relation to their political rights, and subjects as being submitted to the laws of the state. When the board of trustees provided for in section 204.300 is appointed and organized, the district shall be considered in law and equity a body corporate and politic, known by the name specified in the original petition and the court’s decree, and by that name and style may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with,