Of Persons, Authors, and Things Personated
A person is he, “whose words or actions are considered, either as his own, or as representing the words or actions of another man, or of any other thing, to whom they are attributed, whether truly or by fiction.”
When they are considered as his own, then is he called a “natural person”: and when they are considered as representing the words and actions of another, then is he a “feigned” or “artificial person.”