Open AccessNatural persons (individuals) and legal persons (entities) in Serbian medieval law
Author(s) -
Srdjan Sarkic
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta/zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0917
pISSN - 0584-9888
DOI - 10.2298/zrvi0845223s
Subject(s) - serbian , natural (archaeology) , law , natural person , history , political science , philosophy , archaeology , linguistics
In this paper the author is exposing the concept of natural persons (individuals) and legal persons (entities) in Serbian mediaeval law. The terms glava (head, caput, kephalē), or sometimes kapa (cap, hood) are used in Serbian legal sources to designate natural persons (individuals). In Serbian mediaeval law, it was mostly churches and monasteries that had the trait of legal persons (entities). Beside them, towns, villages, counties and districts, had some characteristics of legal persons