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Since the mid-19th century, corporate personhood has become increasingly controversial, as courts have extended other rights to the corporation beyond those necessary to ensure their liability for debts.

Other commentators argue that corporate personhood is not a fiction anymore — it simply means that for some legal purposes, " person " has now a wider meaning than it has in non-legal uses.

Some groups and individuals ( including the Greens / Green Party USA ) have objected to " corporate personhood.