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Definition of Middle name
1. Noun. A name between your first name and your surname.
Definition of Middle name
1. Noun. A name between the given name and the family name or surname ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A trait, activity, or action closely associated with or that excellently describes a person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Middle Name
Literary usage of Middle name
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"middle name or Initial. A name is one or more words used to distinguish a person,
... A middle name or initial Is, in law, no part of the name, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"Name, omission of, or error In, middle name, not material, nor a misnomer. ...
A middle name, or Initial, is no part of a name, and may be disregarded. ..."
3. Federal Equity Practice: A Treatise on the Pleadings Used and Practice by Thomas Atkins Street (1909)
"Christian Name and Surname—middle name. Each individual should be designated by
the Christian name and surname with the addition of the initial, at least, ..."
4. Modern American Law: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the by Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth (1914)
"Error in grantor's middle name.—There is a common theory that the common law did
not recognize a person's middle name, but there is no real authority for ..."
5. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1897)
"The insertion in the execution of the initial of the middle name of the defendant,
not contained in the judgment, is not such a departure from the judgment ..."
6. A Treatise on Criminal Procedure by Francis Wharton, James Manford Kerr (1918)
"middle name to be given when essential. § 144. Initials sufficient when used by
party himself. § 145. Party can not dispute a name accepted by him. § 146. ..."
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