This document discusses legal personality and its origin and definitions. It begins by noting that law regulates the relationship between individuals and society, and that for something to be a legal person it must have rights and duties. It then discusses the origin of the term "legal personality" from Latin and its evolution to refer to living beings with rights and duties. The document defines legal persons as either natural persons (human beings) or artificial persons (entities other than human beings like corporations that have rights and duties). It provides Salmond's definition that a legal person is any being the law recognizes as capable of rights or duties. Finally, it notes the different legal statuses of unborn individuals, dead individuals, animals, and idols/mosques.