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Noun

Singular person

Plural persons or people

person (plural persons or people) (by suppletion, see usage notes)

  1. A human being; an individual.
  2. A specific human being.
    Where is the person?
  3. The physical body of a specific human being.
    Meanwhile, the dazed Sullivan, dressed like a bum with no identification on his person, is arrested and put to work on a brutal Southern chain gang.New York Times, 2004
  4. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
    By common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.
  5. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person.

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Mon Jul 6 15:48:05 2009

The term person in common usage means an individual human being. In the fields of law, philosophy, medicine, and others, the term also has specialised context-specific meanings.

In many jurisdictions, for example, a corporation is considered a legal person with standing to sue or be sued in court. In philosophy and medicine, person may mean only humans who are capable of certain kinds of thought. This could also extend to late fetuses and neonates, dependent on what level of thought is required.

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Tue Jul 7 11:19:04 2009

How long can a person who violated parole be held in a jail in another jurisdiction?
Q. If a person is on parole because he or she committed a crime away from home (in another state) and is allowed to go live back at home after being released and is under the supervision of their town's (or state's) jurisdiction; If that person violates parole and is picked up by the local police how long does the other state have to pick the person up before the jail will release him or her?
Asked by CMDS - Sun Aug 12 19:59:04 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Okay... I will try and answer this as well as I can... If you are on parole, generally speaking you need to get permission to leave the state and or to move out of state or you are violating parole then and there... if you have ANY police contact, whether it be an arrest or simple questioning you are supposed to report that to your parole officer as well... again if you fail to do so you are violating your parole... So in the case that you are arrested out of state, you will stay in the county jail of the state that you are arrested in and the state you are on parole in will file paperwork to have them extradited... They will NOT release them if they have been arrested and being detained until cleared by the parole department in the… [cont.]
Answered by Alicia W - Sun Aug 12 21:32:29 2007

What do you think of a person who judges others on the basis of how good they are to them?
Q. In other words, I was told about a psychiatric classification about a person who thinks that another person is only as good as how they treat them, and disregard the rest of their characteristics. For example: If you don't treat me well, then you're not a good person. If you treat me well, you're a good person. Does anyone know?
Asked by flyhasitall - Tue Mar 6 15:24:49 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I think that a person who judges others on the basis of how good they are treated by that person is just an average person. If I treat you badly, it shows that I have no self control, poor manners, etc. If you judge me as a bad person it would be because I have just shown you that I am not a good person.
Answered by Ma Dukes - Tue Mar 6 15:34:56 2007

How can a person start to become a genuinely happier person?
Q. What are the factors that promote a sense of well-being and happiness? Can there be anything a person can do to feel happier? Truly and genuinely? Would like a list of proven steps or techniques, practices or whatever that can bring a person closer to a true state of being happy.
Asked by askerhere - Thu Apr 2 14:42:00 2009 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. 1) appreciate what you have, knowing that there are people in this world that have less than you. 2) start talking and being nice to more people, you'll never know what new friends you can make. 3) know what you want in life, and make a plan on how to achieve it 4) get enough sleep, exercise, and eat healthy
Answered by DLA - Thu Apr 2 14:49:42 2009

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