单词 | veil lifting |
释义 | > as lemmasveil lifting veil lifting n. (a) the action of lifting or removing a veil; (figurative) the exposing of something previously unknown or not generally discussed (also attributive); cf. to lift the veil at Phrases 5b; (b) Commercial Law the identification of the rights or duties of a corporation with the rights or liabilities of its shareholders or directors; the removal of the corporate veil (see corporate veil n.). ΚΠ 1847 Home Jrnl. (N.Y.) 21 Aug. The professors in this art of veil-lifting and secret-reading are acquiring great importance. 1874 Cleveland (Ohio) Daily Herald 30 July The report of the ‘veil-lifting’ committee, appointed several weeks ago to investigate the fire department. 1931 Time 13 July 6/3 Was he not furnishing quite as much food for scandal as did his queen by her surreptitious veil-lifting? 1957 Canad. Bar Rev. Dec. 1183 From these examples of veil lifting by statute we will now turn to the courts. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 Dec. (Mag. section) 18 MCA Inc... happens..to be in a veil-lifting mood again for its own Video Disc system. 1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 22 May (Off/Beat section) 1 [At the mock wedding] Tracy's hastily offered right hand made it clear no veil-lifting would be necessary. 2006 Fordham Jrnl. Corporate & Financial Law (Nexis) 11 185 The Companies Bill of 1995 included a specific section, titled ‘veil lifting’, that..lists..cases in which the court may pierce the corporate veil. < as lemmas |
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