straw person (or man)

straw person (or man) definition - legal

n

A third party used as a temporary transferee in order to allow the principal parties to accomplish a transfer that might not be directly allowable.

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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