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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Sleeping; silent; not known; not acting. One whose name and transactions as a partner are professedly concealed from the world; Mitchell v. Dall, 2 H. & G. (Md.) 159; Kelley v. Hurlburt, 5 Cow. (N. Y.) 534; Pitts v. Waugh, 4 Mass. 424; National Bank of Salem v. Thomas, 47 N. Y. 15.
Coll. Partn. § 4.
The term is applied, also, to titles, rights, judgments, and executions. As to the latter, see Storm v. Woods, 11 Johns. (N. Y.) 110; Kimball v. Munger, 2 Hill (N. Y.) 364.