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