23B1. Definition.
A corporate body is an organization or group of
persons that has a name. If you are in doubt as to whether words
indicating a particular body constitue a name, treat them as a name if
they have initial capital letters and/or if they begin with
the definite article (for example, The
, Le
. For example,
The british Museum
is a name and a grouup of concerned
citizens
is not; The Modern Jazz Quartet
is a name and
seven rock superstars
is not. In other cases of doubt, do not
regard the phrase as a name.
Examples of corporate bodies are:
Some corporate bodies are subordinate to (part
of) other bodies. For example, the Henry Madden Library is a part of
the California State University, Fresno; the Home Office is part of
the government of the United Kingdom.
