middle name
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Definitions from Case Law
From 28 U.S. 1 - Keene v. Meade · 1830Most cited · 41 citing opinions
It is said the law knows only of one christian name. And there are adjudged cases strongly countenancing, if not fully establishing, that the entire omission of a middle letter is not a misnomer or variance; and if so, the middle letter is immaterial, and a wrong letter may be stricken out or disregarded.