Shell corporation

Definition
1  : a corporation that exists as a legal entity without independent assets or operations as an instrument by which another company or corporation can carry out dealings usu. unrelated to its primary business
2  : a corporation formed for purposes of tax evasion or acquisition or merger rather than for a legitimate business purpose



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collateral estoppel

estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation of issues litigated by the same parties on a different cause of action


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