doing business

doing business. The act of engaging in business activities; specif., the carrying out of a series of similar acts for the purpose of realizing a pecuniary benefit, or otherwise accomplishing a goal, or doing a single act with the intention of starting a series of such acts; esp., a nonresident’s participation in sufficient business activities in a foreign state to allow the state’s courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over the nonresident. See BUSINESS(1); D/B/A/; DOING-BUSINESS STATUTE; LONG-ARM STATUTE; MINIMUM CONTACTS . [Cases: Corporations 642, 665(1); Courts 12(2).C.J.S. Corporations §§ 907, 942–943; Courts §§ 39, 44.]

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词条贡献者

资深译员姚坚，国际知名语言学院法律翻译专业，擅长翻译各类与主权诉讼，仲裁及债务解决相关的法律文件。