DOING BUSINESS

doing business.The act of engaging in business activities; specif., the carrying out of a series

of similar acts for the purpose of realizing a pecuniary benefit, or otherwise accomplishing a goal,

or  doing  a  single  act  with  the  intention  of  starting  a  series  of  such  acts;  esp.,  a  nonresident’s

participation in sufficient business activities in a foreign state to allow the state’s courts to exercise

personal  jurisdiction  over  the  nonresident.  See  BUSINESS(1);  D/B/A/;  DOING-BUSINESS

STATUTE;  LONG-ARM  STATUTE;  MINIMUM  CONTACTS  .  [Cases:  Corporations    642,

665(1); Courts    12(2).C.J.S. Corporations §§ 907, 942–943; Courts §§ 39, 44.] [Blacks Law 8th]