Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Assumed name
1. Alias (1). 2. The name under which a business operates or by which it is commonly known <antex corporation's assumed name is computer warehouse>. 0 many states require an individual or business operating under an assumed name to file an assumedname certificate, usu. In the secretary of state's office or the county clerk's office where the principal place of business is located. See db/a. Cf. Corporate name under name.
Name
, n. A word or phrase identifying or designating a person or thing and distinguishing that person or thing from others.
Namely
adv. By name or particular mention; that is to say <the plaintiff asserted two claims, namely wrongful termination and slander. 0 The term indicates what is to be included by name. By contrast, including implies a partial list and indicates that something is not listed. See INCLUDE.
Nickname
n. 1. A shortened version of a person's name < "Bill" is William's nickname>. 2. A descriptive or alternative name, in addition to or instead of the actual name <David Smith's nickname is "Red">.
Tradename
1. A name, style, or symbol used to distinguish a company, partnership, or business (as opposed to a product or service); the name under which a business operates. ( A tradename is a means of identifying a business - or its products or services - to establish goodwill. It symbolizes the business's reputation. 2. A trademark that was not originally susceptible to exclusive appropriation but has acquired a secondary meaning. - Also termed commercial name.
assumed name
See ASSUMED NAME.
brand name
See TRADENAME.
class representative. A person who sues on behalf of a group of plaintiffs in a class action. - Also termed named plaintiff
See CLASS ACTION.
commercial name.
See TRADENAME.
common descriptive name
See GENERIC NAME.
corporate name
The registered name under which a corporation conducts legal affairs such as suing, being sued, and paying taxes; the name that a corporation files with a state authority (usu. the secretary of state) as the name under which the corporation will conduct its affairs. ( A corporate name usu. includes, and in many states is required to include, the word "corporation," "incorporated," or "company," or an abbreviation of one of those words. Cf. ASSUMED NAME.
distinctive name
A name, esp. a tradename, that clearly distinguishes one thing from another. ( To maintain an action for tradename infringement, the plaintiff must prove, among other things, that it owns a distinctive name.
domain-name infringement
Infringement of another's trademark or servicemark by the use of a confusingly similar Internet domain name.
fictitious name
See ASSUMED NAME; ALIAS.
full name
A person's first name, middle name (or middle initial), and surname.
full name.
See NAME.
generic name
See GENERIC NAME.
legal name
A person's full name as recognized in law, consisting of a first name (usu. given at birth or at a baptism or christening) and a last name (usu. a family name). Nickname See NICKNAME.
name partner
See PARTNER.
name-and-arms clause
Hist. A clause (usu. in a will or settlement transferring property) providing that the property's recipient must assume and continue using the testator's or settlor's surname and coat-of-arms, or else the property will pass to another person.
named insured
A person designated in an insurance policy as the one covered by the policy.
named partner
See name partner under PART. NER.
named plaintiff
See class representative under REPRESENTATIVE.
named-insured exclusion
An exclusion limiting liability-insurance coverage to a named insured whose injuries were caused by another named insured under the same insurance policy.
named-perils policy
See multiperil policy under INSURANCE POLICY.
not otherwise indexed by name
A phrase used in shipping and tariff construction, usu. to show a classification of something generally rather than specifically. ( For example, a shipment of aircraft and boat engines merely labeled "other articles" is not otherwise indexed by name. - Abbr. n.o.i.b.n.
single-name paper
A negotiable instrument signed by only one maker and not backed by a surety.
street name
See STREET NAME.
tradename.
See TRADENAME.