Policy-Discussion

[Mark Lipscombe <mark AT cacert.org>]

On 3/28/2010 5:21 AM, Ernestine wrote:
> I'm not sure, if you can say every person is a legal entity. If somebody has
> a claim, he could try to see it in this way, to go maybe the easier shorter
> way.

Perhaps it's a misunderstanding, but an entity is:

    An entity is something that exists separately from other
    things and has a clear identity of its own.

People are always "entities", bodies corporate are often, but not 
always, entities.

In the context I was talking about, an entity is something or someone 
that can be obligated by some legal process, like a subpoena.

A court or prosecuting authority won't necessarily look for the most 
convenient method to us, they will look for the most convenient method 
for them, which may involve subpoenaing someone individually simply 
because they reside in a convenient location.

Regards,
Mark