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sección de Persona (Mercantil)

English translation: Individuals/Private persons section (Commercial)

18:00 Nov 16, 2016
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Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s) / lease
Spanish term or phrase: sección de Persona (Mercantil)
This comes froma lease agreement in Panama, about some section in the trading registry. The best I can think of is corporate person section (company).

Don xxxxxx inscrita en la ficha xxxxx, documento xxxxx, de la Sección de Persona (Mercantil) del Registro Público de Pánama, quien en lo sucesivo se denominará EL ARRENDATARIO, debidamente autorizados por el Consejo Económico Nacional, hemos convenido en celebrar el presente contrato de arrendamiento multianual sujeto a las cláusulas siguientes...
Toby Wakely
Spain
Local time: 08:40
English translation:Individuals/Private persons section (Commercial)
Explanation:
I think it means inviduals as opoosed to legal entities (companies etc.)
Using "person(s)" would be confusing as legal entities are legal persons
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3Individuals/Private persons section (Commercial)
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1Person section (Commercial)
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Person section (Commercial)


Explanation:
"In jurisprudence, a natural person is a person (in legal meaning. i.e., one who has its own legal personality) that is a human being, as opposed to a legal person, which may be a private (i.e., business entity or non-governmental organization) or public (i.e., government) organization."




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Note added at 10 mins (2016-11-16 18:11:19 GMT)
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Having said that, I must admit it looks and sounds quite odd to an English speaker, and if it was up to me, I'd try to find another name for the department.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_person
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Individuals/Private persons section (Commercial)


Explanation:
I think it means inviduals as opoosed to legal entities (companies etc.)
Using "person(s)" would be confusing as legal entities are legal persons

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