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Re:How the Oldest Company in the World Survived Nearly 1,500... by throw0101d on Monday September 02, 2024 @08:10AM (#41424776)
> Interesting, especially considering that Sweden didn’t have limited liability companies until 1st of January 1849 [1]. Any ideas how this worked?

Legal personhood dates back to (at least) Ancient Rome:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_person

Medieval guilds, city charters, universities were all forms of such. Liability would be implicitly included in such structures.

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