corporate alter ego, doctrine of
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Black's law dictionary.
HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A..
1990.
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corporate alter ego, doctrine of — Means that courts, in ignoring form and looking to substance, will regard stockholders as owners of corporation s property, or as the real parties in interest whenever it is necessary to do so to prevent fraud which might otherwise be perpetrated … Black's law dictionary
alter ego doctrine — Disregarding the corporate entity in furtherance of the ends of justice and treating the corporation and the individual or individuals owning all the stock and assets of the corporation as identical. 18 Am J2d Corp § 14 … Ballentine's law dictionary
alter ego — al·ter ego / ȯl tər ē gō/ n [Latin, literally, second I]: second self; esp: a person or entity vicariously liable for another (as an agent) had the officer been the alter ego of the corporation J. J. White and R. S. Summers compare… … Law dictionary
alter ego — /oltar iygow/ Second self. Under doctrine of alter ego , court merely disregards corporate entity and holds individual responsible for acts knowingly and intentionally done in the name of corporation. Ivy v. Plyler, 246 Cal.App.2d 678, 54… … Black's law dictionary
alter ego — /oltar iygow/ Second self. Under doctrine of alter ego , court merely disregards corporate entity and holds individual responsible for acts knowingly and intentionally done in the name of corporation. Ivy v. Plyler, 246 Cal.App.2d 678, 54… … Black's law dictionary
corporate — cor·po·rate 1 / kȯr pə rət/ adj: of or relating to a business corporation corporate 2 n: a bond issued by a business corporation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Corporate liability — In criminal law, corporate liability determines the extent to which a corporation as a legal person can be liable for the acts and omissions of the natural persons it employs. It is sometimes regarded as an aspect of criminal vicarious liability … Wikipedia
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