Status of a Person: Legal Aspect

The paper deals with matters relating to determination of the legal nature (essence) of the status of a person as a legal category, as well as other aspects directly related to the determination of purposes of persons entering into different legal relations. However, particularities of manifestation of specific features of the status of a person as a legal category are dealt with regarding relations arising both in private and public sectors The study concludes that the status of a person as a legal category predetermines the ability of a person to enter into relations with other members of the society, as well as provides conditions, i.e. becomes a tool for gaining benefits from an appropriate tangible or intangible object, therefore, it is the status of a person that is the single benefit to the members of the community, acquisition, modification or termination of which is directed at any kind of a relationship. The given statement leads to the conclusion: "As long as a person has a status, he is able to meet his needs, as soon as the status is lost the possibility (the tool) of satisfying the needs disappears."