Also known as artificial person, juridical entity, juridic person, juristic person, or legal person. Ibn Dawud was an opponent of using analogical reason and juristic preference in Muslim jurisprudence. According to Twelvers, Juristic authority emphasizes on the role of Shari'a in society. As juristic persons, corporations have certain rights that attach to natural persons. It demonstrates the role of juristic preference in sharia law. He wrote exegesis of previous juristic books which were far beyond common man's understanding. Both natural and juristic persons may be beneficiaries in terms of a will. The parties may be natural persons ("individuals") or juristic persons ("corporations"). Abu Hanifa developed a new source known as juristic preference. The general rule is that natural and juristic persons have the capacity to sue. He rejected practices common among more orthodox schools such as juristic discretion. A close corporation is a juristic person distinct from its members. The bureau is legally defined as a juristic person and not a government agency. Similarly, there are two kinds of legal subject&colon; natural and juristic. Three categories of juristic person are recognised.