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Definition by Exclusion[edit]
You can not logically define a thing by describing somthing that the thing is not. This article seeks to define the term 'Natural Person' by identifying another thing that a 'Natural Person' is not, namely a 'Legal Person'. If I was to offer up a definition of a 'Boat' I wouldn't define it as 'Not a car' but instead I would describe the essential minimal traits of the boat itself. For this reason I believe that more work is needed in describing the essential minimal traits of a 'natural person' which are intrinsic to its identity. When is a person a natural person versus when is a person not a natural person? What is a natural person versus what are other kinds of persons? What characteristics are unique to the natural person? And, by what authority can these claims be made? Some other questions that help to illustrate why this definition is inadequate include: 1) Is a baby a natural person? 2) Is a baby a natural person one minute before birth? 3) Is person born without a fully functioning brain a natural person? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DavoDavoDavo (talk • contribs) 01:55, 27 April 2013 (UTC)