- fictitious name
- A name used by a proprietorship, partnership, or corporation to conduct business that is different from the legal name of the proprietorship, partnership, or corporation. American Banker Glossary
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fictitious name — n: 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 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. fictitious name … Law dictionary
fictitious name — Any name which a person adopts or assumes either for business purposes or in his social relations, other than the name of his parents. 38 Am J1st Name § 11. A name artificially contrived or adopted. General American Oil Co. v Wagoner Oil & Gas Co … Ballentine's law dictionary
fictitious name — noun (law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation • Syn: ↑assumed name, ↑Doing Business As, ↑DBA • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence … Useful english dictionary
fictitious name — A counterfeit, alias, feigned, or pretended name taken by a person, differing in some essential particular from his true name (consisting of Christian name and patronymic), with the implication that it is meant to deceive or mislead. See also… … Black's law dictionary
fictitious name — A counterfeit, alias, feigned, or pretended name taken by a person, differing in some essential particular from his true name (consisting of Christian name and patronymic), with the implication that it is meant to deceive or mislead. See also… … Black's law dictionary
fictitious name — made up name, imaginary name … English contemporary dictionary
fictitious name — For business uses, see doing business as … Business law dictionary
fictitious — fic·ti·tious adj 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of a legal fiction 2: false fic·ti·tious·ly adv fic·ti·tious·ness n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law … Law dictionary
fictitious — fictitious, fabulous, legendary, mythical, apocryphal mean having the character of something invented or imagined as opposed to something true or genuine. Fictitious commonly implies fabrication and, therefore, more often suggests artificiality… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fictitious business name — See: fictitious name Category: Business, LLCs & Corporations → Business Name, Location & Licenses Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 … Law dictionary
