name

The designation of an individual person, or of a firm or corporation. Word or combination of words used to distinguish person or thing or class from others. Wilty v. Jefferson Parish Democratic Executive Committee, 245 La. 145, 157 So.2d 718, 723.

A person's "name" consists of one or more Christian or given names and one surname or family name. It is the distinctive characterization in words by which one is known and distinguished from others, and description, or abbreviation, is not the equivalent of a "name."

See also alias

- christian name

- fictitious name

- full name

- generic (generic name)

- legal name

- nickname

- street name

- surname

- trade name.

@ corporate name

Most states require corporations doing business under an assumed or fictitious name to register, record, or register and record, the name with state, county, or state and county officials.

+ corporate name

When a corporation is formed, state statutes require that such be given a name and such name is kept on record with the proper state authority (e.g. Secretary of State's office). Only by and under such name may the corporation sue or be sued and do all legal acts

@ distinctive name

As used in regulation of United States Department of Agriculture, a trade, arbitrary, or fancy name which clearly distinguishes a food product, mixture, or compound from any other food product, mixture, or compound. U. S. v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca Cola, 241 U.S. 265, 36 S.Ct. 573, 580, 60 L.Ed. 995.

@ generic name

The general or nontrademark name of a product. For example, the trade names of a particular type of fiber may be Antron, Cantrece, Qiana; but the generic name of that fiber is nylon

+ generic name

The "established name" of a drug; its chemical name, a common name, or an official name used in an official compendium. Abbott Laboratories v. Celebrezze, C.A.Del., 352 F.2d 286, 287.

See also name

@ name and arms clause

The popular name in English law for the clause, sometimes inserted in a will or settlement by which property is given to a person, for the purpose of imposing on him the condition that he shall assume the surname and arms of the testator or settlor, with a direction that, if he neglects to assume or discontinues the use of them, the estate shall devolve on the next person in remainder, and a provision for preserving contingent remainders

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