Which statement correctly describes a Corporation?

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A corporation is a legal entity created by operation of law that is separate from the people who own it. It has its own rights, powers, and liabilities, can sue or be sued in its own name, and can continue to exist independent of its owners—the owners are called stockholders or shareholders. This description matches the statement that describes the entity as an artificial being created by law, with rights of succession, and with owners who are stockholders.

The other descriptions point to different structures: ownership by two or more partners fits a partnership; a not-for-profit association describes a not-for-profit form rather than a typical for-profit corporation; and a group sharing profits also aligns more with a partnership than with a corporation.