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.]

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