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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. Synonyms: assumed name, DBA, Doing Business As.

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"Fictitious name" Quotes from Famous Books

... at the old passenger lists of the steamships; but this time we went further back. We knew that the simple ruse of a fictitious name would cover Hume completely; but it seemed the only thing to do, and we set at it systematically. In the records of the steamer Baltic of the Netherlands Steamship Company for the year 1897, ...

— Ashton-Kirk, Investigator • John T. McIntyre

... four steamers were supplied with pilots, and an opportunity was given him on each occasion to go into port, but he would wait. He had told the story of his bankers, given a fictitious name to himself, and managed to win the good will of the simple men around him. His bottle of brandy and his box of cigars were at their service, and his dress was that of a gentleman. His natural drollery took on a very amusing form during his sickness, and the men found him a source ...

— Sevenoaks • J. G. Holland

Words linked to "Fictitious name" : assumed name, law, jurisprudence, name, Doing Business As