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Body
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The principal part of anything as distinguished from its subordinate parts, as in the main part of an instrument. An individual, an organization, or an entity given legal recognition, such as a corporation or "body corporate." A compilation of laws known as a "body of laws."

BODY. A person.
     2. In practice, when the sheriff returns cepi corpus to a capias, the plaintiff may obtain a rule, before special bail has been entered, to bring in the body and this must be done either by committing the defendant or entering special bail. See Dead Body.
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People realize they have the problem when they see pieces of wood collapsing, or when the fungus develops a fruiting body and grows along the baseboard.
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If an aggregate contains many fewer than 20,000 cells, its stalk won't be high enough for the fruiting body to fly very far.
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