alter ego doctrine

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. . 1998.

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