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Fictitious Name

nounid 58112·updated May 18, 2026
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(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

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
assumed name
plural
Fictitious Names
possessive
Fictitious Name's
pluralpossessive
Fictitious Names'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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(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
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
(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
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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