Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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continuity of business enterprise.

A doctrine covering acquisitive reorganizations whereby the acquiring corporation must continue the target corporation's historical business or must use a significant portion of the target's business assets in a new business to qualify the exchange as a tax-deferred transaction. continuity-of-enterprise doctrine. See SUBSTANTIAL-CONTINUITY DOCTRINE.V