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n

The other self. A doctrine allowing a court to ignore the limited personal liability of a person who acts in a corporate capacity and impose personal liability for the corporationÂ’s wrongful acts when it is shown that the individual was using the corporation to conduct personal business and that there was no real separation between the individualÂ’s and the corporationÂ’s identity. See also corporate (corporate veil).

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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