Firm Name
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A firm name is such name as the copartners choose to adopt, and may disclose the names of all the partners or of none of them, or the name of but one of them may be used as the firm name. 189 111. 245. FIRM A (Law Lat.) A farm or rent re-' served on letting lands, anciently frequently reserved in provisions. Spelman; Cunningham. A banquet; supper; provisions for the table. Du Cange. '.A tribute or custom paid towards entertaining the king for one night. Domesday Book; Cowell. A rent reserved to be paid in money, called then alba firma, white rents, money rents. Spelman. A lease; a letting. Ad firmam tradidi. I have farm let. Spelman. A messuage with the house, garden, or lands, etc., connected therewith. Co. Litt. 5a; Shep. Touch. 93. See "Farm." FIRMA FEODI (Law Lat.) Fee farm. See "Feodi Firma."
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The name or title of a firm in business. See Pabtnebship. FIRM A (L. Lat). A farm or rent reserved on letting lands, anciently frequently reserved in provisions. Spelman, Gloss.; Cunningham, Law Diet. A banquet; supper; provisions for the table. Du Cange. A tribute or custom paid towards entertaining the king for one night. Domesday;. Cowell. A rent reserved to be paid in money, called then alba flrma (white rents, money rents). Spelman, Gloss. A lease. A letting. Ad flrnuim tradidi (I have farm let). Spelman, Gloss. A messuage with the house, garden, or lands, etc., connected therewith. Co. Lltt. 6 a; Shepp. Touchst. 93. See Fabm.