ALTER EGO

alter  ego.A  corporation  used  by  an  individual  in  conducting  personal  business,  the  result

being that a court may impose liability on the individual by piercing the corporate veil when fraud

has   been   perpetrated   on   someone   dealing   with   the   corporation.   See   PIERCING   THE

CORPORATE VEIL. [Cases: Corporations    1.4(4). C.J.S. Corporations § 12.] [Blacks Law 8th]