# Legal entity

`kaal:entity:legal-entity`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `legal-entity`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3799320-008](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3799320-008) [predictive/argued] *(failure mode)* -- If DAO members do not formalize a legal structure for their entity, courts are very likely to impose one on them, which is a serious risk of DAO membership.
  > However, a very serious risk is associated with DAO membership in the sense that if the DAO members do not formalize a structure for their human-created entity, courts are very likely to impose one for the members of the DAO.
  Wulf A. Kaal, A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3799320
- [3799320-018](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3799320-018) [condition/argued] -- A DAO needs a legal wrapper to represent it, because a DAO cannot by itself rent an office or sign a contract that can only happen on paper.
  > A DAO needs a legal wrapper representing the DAO in the sense that a DAO cannot rent an office or sign a contract that can only happen on paper.
  Wulf A. Kaal, A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3799320

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