persons

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Yet an overly centralized administrative approach may simply relocate concentrated power from private elites to managerial bureaucracies operating at even greater distance from ordinary communities and persons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

A newly enacted corporate law, SB 2471, changes the powers that corporations, or other artificial persons like nonprofits, are granted by the state of Hawaii.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

Healthy persons infected can experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

"Jurisdictions that don't have it, corporations in those jurisdictions should take a hard look at themselves and say: Why wouldn't we automatically prioritise information requests that involve risks to persons?" she said.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

In New Jersey the cities of Trenton and Lamberton resolved that “a total stop should be put to the landing of all persons from Philadelphia.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy