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Who has given the following definition of a company?

"A company is a person, artificial, invisible, intangible and existing only in the eyes of law. Being a mere creation of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence".

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✅ Correct Option: 3

This classic description of a company as an artificial legal person created by law is attributed to Chief Justice Marshall. Samuelson and Kotler are associated with economics and marketing respectively, so neither fits a legal definition of a company.

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