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Name [fr. nomen, Lat.; nom, Fr.; or namo, Goth.; nama, Sax.; naem, Dut.], the discriminative appellation of an individual.Proper names are either Christian names, as being given at baptism, or surnames, from the father, 4 Rep. 170.A Christian name may be altered at confirmation with consent of the bishop, and the bishop is directed by a Constitution of 1281 to change 'wanton names' at confirmation. See Blunt's Church Law, 2nd ed. at p. 60, where two post-Reformation instances are given of a bishop changing Christian name at confirmation, and it is said to be 'believed that cases still occur where this is done.'Marriage confers a name upon a woman, which is not lost by her divorce, and she can acquire another only by obtaining it by repute obliterating her name by marriage, see Fendall v. Goldsmid, (1877) 2 PD 263. As to retainer of a title, see Cowley v. Cowley, 1901 AC 450.Any one may take on himself whatever surname or as many surnames as he pleases, without an (English) Act of Parli...
Business names
Business names. The (English) Registration of Business Names Act, 1916, necessitates the registration of every firm or person carrying on business in the United Kingdom unless carried on in their true names. 'Business' includes profession. The Act imposes penalties for any period of non-registration or fraud when furnishing any statement required by the Act. S. 8 provides that any firm or person, in default of registration, shall be unable to enforce contracts made in relation to the business in respect of which the default has been made. Provisions are, however, made for obtaining relief in certain cases. Firms and persons obliged to register under the Act must set out in trade catalogues, business letters, etc., the true name or names of the person or persons trading under the business name. The fees payable on registration have been increased by s. 5 of the (English) Fees Increase Act, 1923. See also the (English) Companies Act, 1929, s. 145, which applies and extends the provisions...
Namely
Namely, has been stated 'that is to say, explicitly, specifically to wit, on item of legislation, namely-certain bail, Webster's Encyclopadic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language.Namely, has been stated as 'A difference, in grammatical sense, in strictness exists between the words namely and including. Namely imports interpretation i.e. indicates what is included in the previous term; but including imports addition i.e. indicates something not included, Black's Law Dictionary, 5th Edn.Namely, means 'by name' or, that is to say, Re Brockett, (1908) 1 Ch 185.Namely, the word 'namely' imports enumeration of what is comprised in the preceding clause. In other words it ordinarily serves the purpose of equating what follows with the clause described before, State of Bombay v. Bombay Education Society, AIR 1954 SC 561 (565): (1955) SCR 568....
legal name
legal name 1 : a person's name that is usually the name given at birth and recorded on the birth certificate but that may be a different name that is used by a person consistently and independently or that has been declared the person's name by a court NOTE: If a person seeks to change a name by judicial process, the court may not deny the change absent any indication of a fraudulent purpose. In some states, a woman's legal name is presumed to include her husband's last name. 2 : the designation chosen by a business entity (as a corporation) and reported to the state (as in the articles of incorporation) ...
certificate of assumed name, trade name, or fictitious name
certificate of assumed name, trade name, or fictitious name A certificate granted by a state authority (usually the secretary of state) that allows you to transact business under a name other than your own ...
trade name
trade name : a name or mark that is used by a person (as an individual proprietor or a corporation) to identify that person's business or vocation and that may also be used as a trademark or service mark NOTE: Like a trademark or service mark, a trade name is protected by law against infringement. A trade name that has been used for at least 6 months can be recorded with the Customs Bureau, and any infringing imports will be barred. ...
Christian name
Christian name, the name given at the font distinct from the surname. It has been said from the bench, that a Christian name may consist of a single letter. See NAME....
fictitious name
fictitious name : a name (as John Doe) used in a complaint when the party's name is unknown at the time of filing or when the party's identity is being kept private ...
generic name
The name for a medication as used in the pharmacopoeia it cannot be a trademark The name is typically given by the inventor or discoverer of the drug but must be approved by a national or international naming authority...
named
given or having a specified name as an actor named Harold Lloyd a building in Cardiff named the Temple of Peace Contrasted to unnamed...
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