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Practice question: Doctrine of Separate Juridical Personality

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Which statement expresses separate juridical personality?
  1. A corporation is identical to every shareholder
  2. A corporation is legally distinct from its shareholders
  3. A shareholder owns every corporate asset directly
  4. All related corporations are one entity
  5. Only corporations with foreign shareholders have personality

Legal references

  • https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/86463 — Republic Act No. 11232, sections 2 and 35
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2013/mar2013/gr_167530_2013.html — PNB v. Hydro Resources Contractors Corporation, G.R. Nos. 167530, 167561 and 167603, March 13, 2013, main opinion

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