Legal Definition and Related Resources of Alter Ego

(Latin The other self or second self). under doctrine of alter ego, court disregards corporate entity and holds individuals responsible for acts knowingly and intentionally done in the name of corporations. Ivy v Plyler, 246 Cai.App.2d 678, 54 Cat. Rptr. 894.

noun

• alternate
• counterpart
• double
• living image
• match
• other
• other half
• other person
• other self
• perfect substitute
• second self
• shadow
• standin
• twin Associated Concepts: agent
• alter ego doctrine
• corporate alter ego
• piercing the corporate veil
• separate corporate entity

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What does Alter ego mean in American Law?

The definition of Alter ego in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

“Alter ego” means “the other self” or “the other I,” i.e., a person having a very strong form of agency, totally representing another, e.g., during a voyage the master of a ship may be said to be the “alter ego” of the owner. But no one is ever totally the alter ego of anyone else; even during the voyage the master cannot licitly dally with the owner’s wife.

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Kohut, Heinz. (1971). The analysis of the self. New York: International Universities Press.

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