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Home Dictionary Name: liftLifting the corporate veil
Lifting the corporate veil, it is true from juristic point of view the company is legal personality entirely distinct from its members and the company is capable of enjoying rights and being subjected to duties which are not the same as those enjoyed or borne by its members, but in certain exceptional cases the Court it entitled to lift the veil of corporate entity and to pay regard to the economic realities behind the legal facade, Jaggilal v. I.T.O., AIR 1969 SC 932: (1969) 1 SCR 988....
lift
lift : to put an end to : make no longer effective [ the stay] ...
motion to lift the automatic stay
motion to lift the automatic stay A request by a creditor to allow the creditor to take action against the debtor or the debtor's property that would otherwise be prohibited by the automatic stay. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...
lifted
turned upward as she left the room with her face lifted...
Lifting
Used in or for or by lifting...
Shop-Lifting Act
Shop-Lifting Act (10 Wm. 3, c. 12), by which stealing goods to the value of five shillings was a capital felony, repealed in 1826 by 7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 27....
Heave
To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort to lift to raise to hoist often with up as the wave heaved the boat on land...
Hoist
To raise to lift to elevate esp to raise or lift to a desired elevation by means of tackle as a sail a flag a heavy package or weight...
de facto
de facto [Medieval Latin, literally, from the fact] : in reality : actually [these two constraints have been lifted, one de facto and one de jure "Susan Lee"] adj 1 : actual ;esp : being such in effect though not formally recognized see also de facto segregation at segregation 2 : exercising power as if legally constituted or authorized [a de facto government] [a de facto judge] compare de jure ...
toll
toll [Old English, tax or fee paid for a liberty or privilege, ultimately from Late Latin telonium custom house, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll] : a charge for the use of a transportation route or facility ;broadly : a charge for use [a water ] vb [Anglo-French tollir toller to take away, make null, bar, ultimately from Latin tollere to lift up, take away] vt 1 : to take away (as a right) 2 a : to remove the effect of [the court did not the statute of repose after the statutory period had expired] b : suspend [ the running of the statute of limitations] compare run vi : to be suspended [statute of limitations s for a period of seventy-five days following the notice "Parker v. Yen, 823 S.W.2d 359 (1991)"] n : a suspension of effect [the court extended the statute of limitations ] ...
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