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REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT 1916 - SECT 22

Interpretation of terms.

22. In the construction of this Act the following words and expressions shall
have the meanings in this section assigned to them, unless there be something
in the subject or context repugnant to such construction:

"Firm" shall mean an unincorporate body of two or more individuals, or one or
more individuals and one or more corporations, or two or more corporations,
who have entered into partnership with one another with a view to carrying on
business for profit, but shall not include any unincorporated company which
was in existence on the second day of November eighteen hundred and sixty-two:

"Business" shall include profession:

"Individual" shall mean a natural person and shall not include a corporation:

"Christian name" shall include any forename:

"Initials" shall include any recognised abbreviation of a Christian name:

In the case of a peer or person usually known by a British title different
from his surname, the title by which he is known shall be substituted in
this Act for his surname:

References in this Act to a former Christian name or surname..., in the case
of a married woman, shall not include the name or surname by which she was
known previous to the marriage:

References in this Act to a change of name shall not include, ..., in the case
of a peer or a person usually known by a British title different from his
surname, the adoption of or succession to the title:

"Business name" shall mean the name or style under which any business is
carried on, whether in partnership or otherwise:

"Foreign firm" shall mean any firm, individual, or corporation whose principal
place of business is situate outside His Majesty's dominions:

"Showcards" shall mean cards containing or exhibiting articles dealt with, or
samples or representations thereof:

"Prescribed" shall mean prescribed by rules made in pursuance of this Act.

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