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/fɪktˈɪʃəs neɪm/ Listen

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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... was incontestable. If your name be Richard Roe you may purchase land and receive title thereto under the name of John Doe, and convey it under that name without violating the law. This as a general proposition is true so long as the taking of a fictitious name is for an honest purpose and not tainted with fraud. The Assistant District Attorney felt that the very strength of his case created, as it were, a sort of "legal weakness," for the more evidence he should put in against Browne, the clearer it would become ...

— True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office • Arthur Train

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