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Definition of Misnomer
1. Noun. An incorrect or unsuitable name.
Definition of Misnomer
1. n. The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title.
2. v. t. To misname.
Definition of Misnomer
1. Noun. A use of a term asserted to be misleading. ¹
2. Noun. A term asserted to be widely used incorrectly. ¹
3. Noun. A term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To use a misleading term; to misname. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misnomer
1. a name wrongly used [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misnomer
Literary usage of Misnomer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1899)
"Corporations, like natural persons, must plead a misnomer or waive the defect.
... Dependent upon Character of misnomer. — The cases very generally support ..."
2. Chitty's Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With a Second Volume by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1876)
"(7i) Such pleas of misnomer have been abolished by 3 & 4 ... misnomer. tage of
a mere misnomer, f. f/. — the bringing of an action by & married woman in her ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1895)
"This rule applies to a misnomer in a representative capacity,5 to the case of a
default,' and in equity.7 been questioned,1 but it is well settled that the ..."
4. Cases on the General Principles of the Law of Private Corporations by Horace La Fayette Wilgus (1902)
"But the plaintiffs had judgment, notwithstanding the misnomer. In a more modern
case1 the misnomer of a corporation was considered with a ..."
5. Institutes of Common and Statute Law by John Barbee Minor (1878)
"Of this kind of plea it is proposed to advert to but two, namely, for misnomer,
and non-joinder of a co-contractor. WC ln. Plea in Abatement for misnomer of ..."
6. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond, Thomas Day (1824)
"What is or is not a misnomer, p. 88. 3. By what name a party shall be sued. p.
88. ... Form of the plea of misnomer, p. 90. 3. By what name a parly shall be ..."
7. The Practice in Courts of Justice in England and the United States by Conway Robinson (1858)
"The Code of Virginia has the following provision taken from that statute : " No
plea in abatement for a misnomer shall be allowed in any action, ..."
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