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Home Dictionary Name: piercepierce
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...
Piercing
Forcibly entering or adapted to enter at or by a point perforating penetrating keen used also figuratively as a piercing instrument or thrust...
piercing the corporate veil
piercing the corporate veil The judicial act of imposing personal liability on otherwise immune corporate officers, directors and shareholders for a corporation's fraudulent or wrongful acts. Source: FindLaw ...
Perforate
To bore through to pierce through with a pointed instrument to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing to pierce or penetrate the surface of...
Shrill
Acute sharp piercing having or emitting a sharp piercing tone or sound said of a sound or of that which produces a sound...
Penetrate
To enter into to make way into the interior of to effect an entrance into to pierce as light penetrates darkness...
Lancinate
To tear to lacerate to pierce or stab...
Lancinating
Piercing seeming to pierce or stab as lancinating pains ie severe darting pains...
Ovipositor
The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvaelig of other insects in order to lay their own eggs within the same...
Penetrant
Having power to enter or pierce penetrating sharp subtile as penetrant cold...
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