Ego

alter ego

alter ego [Latin, literally, second I] : second self ;esp : a person or entity vicariously liable for another (as an agent) [had the officer been the alter ego of the corporation "J. J. White and R. S. Summers"] compare instrumentality NOTE: The concept of a legal alter ego is used primarily to hold the controlling parties of a corporation personally liable instead of limiting liability to the corporate entity. ...

VerbarNon ego

The union of being and relation as distinguished from and contrasted with the ego See Ego...

The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought the subject consciously considered as ldquoIrdquo by a person opposed to non ego...

entity

entity pl: -ties : an organization (as a business or governmental unit) that has a legal identity which is separate from those of its members see also alter ego, instrumentality, juridical person, legal person, pierce ...

instrumentality

instrumentality pl: -ties 1 : something through which an end is achieved or occurs [damages incurred in a single incident through an owned by the employer] 2 : something that serves as an intermediary or agent through which one or more functions of a larger controlling entity are carried out : a part or branch esp. of a governing body compare alter ego ...

pierce

pierce pierced pierc·ing : to see through the usually misleading or false appearance of [the object of summary judgment is to the pleadings and allow a judgment on the merits "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] [the Internal Revenue Service may attempt to the plain meaning of the agreement "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] pierce the corporate veil : to disregard the corporate entity and reach the personal assets of the corporation's controlling parties : hold the controlling parties (as officers or shareholders) of a corporation personally liable for wrongful acts or debts of the corporation [a…creditor in New York cannot pierce the corporate veil solely on grounds of inadequate capitalization "R. C. Clark"] compare corporate immunity at immunity NOTE: An action to pierce the corporate veil is usually grounded on the corporation's being an instrumentality or alter ego of the officers or shareholders and on some misuse (as fraud) of the officers' or shareholders' control over the...

bruised

suffering from emotional injury as a bruised ego...

Egoism

The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or provides for...

Acceptilatio

Acceptilatio, the verbal extinction of a verbal contract, with a declaration that the debt has been paid when it has not, or the acceptance of something merely nominal in satisfaction of a verbal contract. In order to enter into acceptilatio the formal sentence was used in Civil Law: 'quod ego tibi promisi, habesue acceptum? habeo.'-Sand Just. See STIPULATION....

Arm of the State

Arm of the State, means an entity created by a State and operating as an alter ego or instrumentalities of the State, such as a State University or a State Department of U.S. Constitution generally bars suits in Federal Court by individuals against States. The amendment has been interpreted as protecting arms of the State as well as the State itself. Courts usually, find an entity to be an arm of the State if it operates without substantial autonomy from State regulation. For example, cities and local school districts have been held not to be arms of the State, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 103....

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