# kaal:claim:5886342-012

**Claim.** Legal Identity is the narrower category: it is an Identity to which rights and obligations are attributed on the basis of the applicable law, in particular natural and legal persons, so having an identity in a digital system does not by itself confer legal personality.

**Type.** definitional  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- attribution depends on the applicable national law

**Source quote.**

> A Legal Identity is an Identity to which rights and obligations are attributed based on the Applicable Law, in particular Natural and Legal persons.

**From.** Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, *Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC)* (2025), Part B, Book I, Section 1, Article 22 Legal Identity, page 9

**Cite as.** Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886342

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**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems, citation-and-knowledge

**Keywords.** legal-identity, legal-personality, attribution, definitions

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