Business Law

Piercing the Corporate Veil

/ PEER-sing the KOR-por-it vayl /

Definition

Holding shareholders personally liable for the corporation\'s actions.

Used in Context

“Fraud and commingling of funds justified piercing the corporate veil.”

Etymology

◈ Latin: corpus, body

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