For common usage terms, usually the dictionary. From memory, the courts usually use the Macquarie. I only have the Australian Pocket Oxford, which defines a person as an individual human being.
The Queensland Acts Interpretation Act defines a person as including an individual and a corporation.
The law doesn't like to get too tricky with basic terms and concepts, especially common law. If the average, reasonable person in the street would look at you and say you're a person, then you're a person. The Courts also generally don't appreciate having their time wasted on peurile arguments (in their opinion). Hell, I've tried to argue complex legal concepts in front of a judge and gotten shut down because it's not the direction they wanted to go in.
The Queensland Acts Interpretation Act defines a person as including an individual and a corporation.
The law doesn't like to get too tricky with basic terms and concepts, especially common law. If the average, reasonable person in the street would look at you and say you're a person, then you're a person. The Courts also generally don't appreciate having their time wasted on peurile arguments (in their opinion). Hell, I've tried to argue complex legal concepts in front of a judge and gotten shut down because it's not the direction they wanted to go in.