[Avodah] Corporate Entities

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

RMi asked:
 
> Which made me wonder what other corporate entities exist in halakhah:
>     heqdeish
>     the tzibur -- and is that only Benei Yisrael as a whole, or can a
> 	city own something?

I would suggest that this list might include any Beis Din qualified to serve as the holder of a loan for Pruzbul purposes.

If I'm not mistaken, this would include any beis din, even an ad hoc beis din of 3 balabatim. On the other hand, given that most poskim hold shmitta to be d'rabanan today, this might not be a valid precedent if one wanted to say that an Ad Hoc Beis Dim Of Three Balabatim was a halachic corporate entity even for d'Oraisa purposes.

Akiva Miller

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