lifting corporate veil
lifting corporate veil 揭开公司面纱 指在公司违反公共政策的情况下，不再将公司视为与公司股东相区别的法人实体。
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corporate veil
corporate veil. The legal assumption that the acts of a corporation are not the actions of its shareholders, so that the shareholders are exempt from liability for the corporation’s actions. See PIERCING THE CORPORATE VEIL. [Cases: Corporations 1. 3. C.J.S. Corporations § 8.]
piercing the corporate veil
piercing the corporate veil. The judicial act of imposing personal liability on otherwise immune corporate officers, directors, and shareholders for the corporation’s wrongful acts. — Also termed disregarding the corporate entity; veil-piercing. See CORPORATE VEIL. [Cases: Corporations 1.4(1). C.J.S. Corporations §§ 9, 13.] “[C]ourts sometimes apply common law principles to ‘pierce the corporate veil’ and
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piercing the corporate veil
The judicial act of imposing personal liability on otherwise immune corporate officers, directors, and shareholders for the corporation’s wrongful acts. — Also termed disregarding the corporate entity; veil-piercing. See CORPORATE VEIL. [Cases: Corporations 1.4(1). C.J.S. Corporations §§ 9, 13.]
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piercing the corporate veil
piercing the corporate veil 揭穿公司面纱 一项司法原则，即对公司的违法行为，例如为实施诈骗而成立公司，法院可以不考虑通常的免除公司管理人员等人的个人责任。根据此项原则，以公司名义实施欺诈或其他不法行为时，可以不顾公司的法人结构和股东的有限责任，责令股东、管理人员、董事等人承担个人责任。但法院只有对欺诈行为或违法行为或为避免侵害他人权利时，才能不考虑其公司的组织形式。 (→instrumentality rule)
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doctrine of corporate alter ego
doctrine of corporate alter ego 公司人格否认原则；公司第二人格原则 根据这一原则，法院将无视公司的外在形式而直接追究其实质，将公司股东作为公司财产的真正所有人，或者作为利害关系中的真正当事人，以此作为阻止欺诈、矫正不法行为以及维护正义的必要手段。亦简作「doctrine of alter ego」或「alter ego」。 (→piercing the corporate veil)
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disregard of corporate entity
disregard of corporate entity 不予考虑法人实体；对法人人格的否认 (→piercing the corporate veil)
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alter ego
alter ego. A corporation used by an individual in conducting personal business, the result being that a court may impose liability on the individual by piercing the corporate veil when fraud has been perpetrated on someone dealing with the corporation. See PIERCING THE CORPORATE VEIL. [Cases: Corporations 1.4(4). C.J.S. Corporations § 12.]
alter ego
alter ego 〈拉〉 (1)第二个我 当公司被个人用以实施该人的个人商业行为时，如果对与该公司进行交易的相对人实施欺诈，则法院将揭去公司的面纱，而将法律责任直接归咎于该个人。 (→piercing the corporate veil) (2)知已；好友；极受信赖的代理人(或代表)
instrumentality rule
instrumentality rule 工具规则 主要适用于美国公司法中。其含义是指：若一公司的组织或其事务在很大程度上受另一公司控制，从而沦为后一公司的工具，则前一公司被视为后一公司的附属子公司，不具有独立的法人人格，由后一公司对前一公司的债务承担责任。它与「alter ego」，「piercing the corporate veil」等具有相同的性质。
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