Silent Partners
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Those who take no active part in the management of the business. They may be either ostensible or secret partners.
Dormant Partners
Such as are both secret and silent partners. The term_ is sometimes applied, however, as meaning merely a secret partner, and sometimes as meaning a silent partner.
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