REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT, 1916 8o1

“Firm” shall mean an unincorporated 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 in-
clude 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
shall not, in the case of natural-born British subjects,
include a former Christian name or surname where that
name or surname has been changed or disused before
the person bearing the name had attained the age of
eighteen years, and 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 natural-born British subjects, a change of
name which has taken place before the person whose
name has been changed has attained the age of eighteen
years; or, in the case of a peer or a person usually known
by a British title different from his surname, the adop-
tion 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 corpora-
tion 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 bv rules made in pur-
suance of this Act.
23.—(1) In the application of this Act to Scotlana-
“Court of Session” shall be substituted for “Hig
“Sheriff court” shall be substituted for ““countv
“Trustee on a sequestrated estate” shall be subs.
“trustee in bankruptcy”;
“Receiver or manager appointed by any court’ shall include
“1udicial factor’: and

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Application to
Scotland