A(n) ________ is created when people hold themselves out as representing a corporation and a court will prevent them from denying that a corporation exists.

A) de facto corporation
B) de jure corporation
C) corporation by estoppel
D) equitable corporation

Corporation by Estoppel

A legal doctrine that prevents a party from denying the corporate status of an entity when they have treated it as a corporation.

De Facto Corporation

A company treated as legally incorporated, despite not having completed all required incorporation procedures, based on its actions or intentions to operate as a corporation.

De Jure Corporation

A corporation that has been lawfully established following the required statutes.