body corporate

noun3

1. •
   A corporation, when viewed as a legal person.

   • A body corporate is the holding body corporate of another if that other body corporate is its subsidiary. — 2016
2. •
   A legal person.
3. •
   (Australia, New-Zealand) An organization of individuals that jointly own a shared housing facility such as a condominium or set of townhouses under a community titles scheme.

   • Rules governing the behaviour of residents or tenants are set in two ways: by legislation and by the body corporate creating its own rules of management. — 2011