Black’s Law Dictionary, 3rd Edition, page 953-954:
INDIVIDUAL. As a noun, this term denotes a single person as distinguished from a group or class, and also, very commonly, a private or natural person as distinguished from a partnership, corporation, or association; but it is said that this restrictive signification is not necessarily inherent in the word, and that it may, in proper cases, include artificial persons. See Bank of U. S. v State, 12 Smedes & M. ( Miss.) 460; State v. Bell Telephone Co., 36 Ohio St. 310, 38 Am. Rep. 583; Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Canal Com’rs, 21 Pa. 20; In re New Era Novelty Co. (D. C.) 241 F. 298, 299.
As an adjective, “individual” means pertaining or belonging to, or characteristic of, one single person, either in opposition to a firm, association, or corporation, or considered in his relation thereto.
Black’s Law Dictionary, 4th Edition, page 913:
INDIVIDUAL. As a noun, this term denotes a single person as distinguished from a group or class, and also, very commonly, a private or natural person as distinguished from a partnership, corporation, or association; but it is said that this restrictive signification is not necessarily inherent in the word, and that it may, in proper cases, include artificial persons. State v. Bell Tele- phone Co., 36 Ohio St. 310, 38 Am.Rep. 583.
As an adjective, “individual” means pertaining or belonging to, or characteristic of, one single person, either in opposition to a firm, association, or corporation, or considered in his relation thereto.
Black’s Law Dictionary, 7th Edition, page 777:
individual, adj.1. Existing as an indivisible entity. 2. Of or relating to a single person or thing, as opposed to a group.
Black’s Law Dictionary, 8th Edition, page 2263:
individual, adj.1. Existing as an indivisible entity. 2. Of or relating to a single person or thing, as opposed to a group.