Ostensible Partner
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
One whose name appears in a firm as a partner, and who is really such. See "Nominal Partner." OSTENSURUS (Law Lat.) To show. A formal word in old writs.
Reg. Orig. 36; Fet. Assaver, § 21.
OSTENTUM (Lat.) In the civil law. A monstrous or prodigious birth.
Dig. 50. 16. 38.