Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
pessoa coletiva de utilidade pública
English translation:
legal person of public utility
Portuguese term
pessoa coletiva de utilidade pública
"Instituição Particular de Solidariedade Social, reconhecida como pessoa coletiva de utilidade pública."
Thanks in advance for your help.
| 2 +1 | legal person of public utility |
Ana Vozone
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| 3 +2 | Public Utility Corporation (UK) statutory undertaker or undertaking |
Adrian MM.
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Feb 17, 2023 18:51: Ana Vozone Created KOG entry
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Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
legal person of public utility
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The “Santa Casa de Misericórdia” is a private legal person of public utility. For this reason it has administrative duties.
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Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
Public Utility Corporation (UK) statutory undertaker or undertaking
PS I don't recognise either of the pre-existing ProZ glossary entries in the weblinks, but others may prefer such renderings.
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pessoa coletiva > understood: *corporation aggregate* in Eng. law vs. a corporation sole like a bishopric of a bishop whose office continues on the death of the incumbent holder https://www.upcounsel.com/corporation-aggregate
Public utility corporation means a corporation established by any enactment of the Republic for the purposes of providing a public utility in the Republic
In the United Kingdom, statutory undertakers are the various companies & agencies given general licence to carry out certain development & highways works. Generally these are *utilities & telecoms companies* or nationalised companies such as Network Rai
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Mario Freitas
: Public utility corporation. Period.
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Obrigado and thanks, Mario.
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philgoddard
: I agree with Mario, and it needs a hyphen too. I've never seen "undertaker" used in that way. do with undertakers.
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Thanks and obrigado, Phil. I also received a shock when I, many years ago, had spotted 'statutory undertaker' in an English law primer.
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