In 2000, the Indian Supreme Court held that the holy books of the Sikh religion was a legal person, and in 2012, just recently, there was a treaty between the indigenous peoples of New Zealand and the crown, in which it was agreed that a river was a legal person who owned its own riverbed.
Al 2000, la Cort Suprema de l'Índia va sostenir que el llibre sagrat  de la religió Sikh fos persona legal, i al 2012, recentment, va haver-hi un acord entre el poble  indígena de Nova Zelanda i la corona, en què es va acordar  que un riu era una persona legal i podia posseir la seva pròpia glera.