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Definition

a person, organization, lifeform, or anything with a separate existence

The law applies to any legal entity that can enter into a contract.

entity = person or organization

She said that although her firm has been acquired by Google, it will remain an independent entity operating under the Microsoft umbrella.

entity = organization or company

The Radley Place was inhabited by an unknown entity the mere description of whom was enough to make us behave for days on end;
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

entity = person, lifeform, organization, or anything with a separate existence

A thousand memories of Chris will always be at hand, of course, but not a destructive clinging to some material entity that can never be here again.
Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
There is no one, no entity or higher form that she can appeal to, or be reconciled with, or that can forgive her.
Ian McEwan -- Atonement
Each of those under transport is a human being with a different face and mind, and at the same time each is a nameless part of the collective entity.
Haruki Murakami -- After Dark
This means any noncovered entity can release or publish a person's medical records without violating HIPAA.
Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
That entity which is his consciousness.
Ayn Rand -- The Fountainhead
He was sure the BBC would let him go; no doubt they would have legal troubles from numerous powerful entities ....
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
And in many ways the entity thatyourracehasbecomeisstillachild.
Arthur C. Clarke -- Childhood's End
You had to kill yourself, or he had to kill you to get you functioning as a separate entity.
Harper Lee -- Go Set a Watchman
There are no entities downloaded into human bodies.
Rick Yancey -- The Infinite Sea
Once it's stated that "the dialectic comes before anything else," this statement itself becomes a dialectical entity, subject to dialectical question.
Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The cottage had been rented to a Northern Virginia—based shell entity owned by an Egyptian national named Qassam el-Banna.
Daniel Silva -- The Black Widow
Then he and she merged their identities to a greater degree than ever before, vanquishing all differences between them to become a single entity.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
The-entity-of which they are part knows all about us.
Arthur C. Clarke -- Childhood's End
The body washis body, not a separate entity.
Stephenie Meyer -- The Host
We're not going to suddenly jump sides and put on the uniform of some dark entity who tries to kill a dog to get his rocks off.
Nora Roberts -- Blood Brothers
The two of them worked for the Post-Flares Coalition, an entity people in the settlements had heard of but knew almost nothing about.
James Dashner -- The Kill Order
Al! actions are caused by entities.
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged

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