A natural person in the field of law is usually an individual entrepreneur, self-employed person.
A natural person is the term used to describe one of the two types of legal entities, which must be distinguished from those in the usual meaning (people) from other types of persons that the law recognizes as a separate entity (legal person). E. g., an individual may be a shareholder if the shareholder is a natural person, and shall, on receipt of stock certificates, show a valid identity document.