legal name

English

Noun

legal name (plural legal names)

  1. The name of a natural person recognized on official records, especially as recorded on a birth certificate or as changed by legal process.
    He signs his name "Johnny Reb Smith", but his legal name is "Jean-Marie Smith".
  2. The name of an organisation as indicated in its founding documents, or as subsequently changed by legal process.
    The legal name of "Jack's Mattresses" is "JM Enterprises {2006} (Illinois) Inc.".
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