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misnomer

misnomer [Anglo-French mesnomer, from mesnomer to misname, from Middle French mes-

Misnomer

Misnomer, a wrong name. Nil facit error nominis cum de corpore

Abatement

in writing by a prisoner or defendant on account of misnomer, wrongful or no addition, annexing thereto an affidavit of its

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idem sonans

Estelle, 704 F.2d 232 (1983)"] [the idem sonans test] compare misnomer NOTE: An idem sonans name allows a pleading or other

Misnomer

The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument as in a complaint or indictment any misnaming of a person...

General custom of the Punjab

the expression 'general custom of the Punjab' was clearly a misnomer. Ujagar Singh & Co. v. Jeo, AIR 1959 SC 1041

Idem sonans

mistake for Thomas Fox on a common jury. And see MISNOMER.

Marriage

of Lord Hardwicke's Act led to marriages being annulled through misnomers in the banns by the fault of one party in

Oriental mixture

Oriental mixture, the word 'oriental mixture' is a misnomer, because this is merely a technical terminology or just another

Vanaspati and oil

have undergone a change so that it would be a misnomer to call it oil as understood in ordinary parlance, Champaklal

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