1. Corporations. The doctrine that shareholders will be treated as the owners of a corporation’s property, or as the real parties in interest, whenever it is necessary to do so to prevent fraud or to do justice. [Cases: Corporations 1.4(4). C.J.S. Corporations § 12.]
2. Criminal law. The principle that one who defends another against attack stands in the position of that other person and can use only the amount of force that the other person could use under the circumstances. [Cases: Assault and Battery 68; Homicide 757. C.J.S. Assault and Battery § 93.]
