Jurídicas

Jurídicas is the feminine plural form of the adjective jurídico in Spanish and Portuguese, used to denote things relating to law or the legal system. It appears in phrases such as normas jurídicas (legal norms) and relaciones jurídicas (legal relationships). As an adjective, jurídico/a typically modifies a noun and is not intended to stand alone as a noun.

One common usage is in personas jurídicas, referring to legal entities that have a separate legal personality from natural persons. In civil law traditions, a persona jurídica can own property, contract, sue, and be sued. Other juridical terms include derechos y obligaciones jurídicas (legal rights and obligations) and asuntos jurídicos (legal matters). The exact formation, governance, and dissolution rules for legal entities vary by country.

Etymology and scope: The term derives from Latin iuridicus, from ius (law). In both Spanish and Portuguese, juridical terminology covers many areas of law—criminal, civil, corporate—where legal standards, rights, and procedures are defined.

Usage notes: The form juridicas agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number (jurídico/jurídica; jurídicos/jurídicas; jurídica/jurídicas). The word itself functions as an adjective rather than a standalone concept, so it describes a characteristic of another word rather than identifying a specific legal theory.