Ostensible Partner
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One whose name appears in a firm as a partner, and who is really such. Pars. Part. 27. See Partners.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A partner whose name appears to the world as a partner.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
One who lets his credit be pledged as a partner, — as in the case where a man's name appears in a firm, or where he interferes in the management of the business, so as to produce in strangers a reasonable belief that he is a partner. The person so acting is answerable as a partner to all who deal with the firm, without having notice at the time that he is a stranger to it in point of interest. 2 Steph. Com. 101-104; Mozley ^ W.