Kuntah Kintay is not a proper slave name.. we shall call you Tobi
A Person's "name" consists of one or more Christian or given name and one
surname or family name. Blakeney v. Smith, 183 Miss. 151, 183 So. 920,921.
It is the distinctive characterization in words by which one is known and
distinguished from others, and description, or abbreviation, is not the
equivalent of a "name". Putnam v. Bessom, 291 Mass. 217,197 N.E.147, 148.
Custom gives one his fathers family name, and such phraenomena as his
parents choose to put before it, but this is only general rule, from which
individual may depart, if HE CHOOSE . In re Cohe, 142 Misc. 852, 255 N.Y.S.
616, 617. As to the history of Christian names and surnames and their use
and relative importance in law, see in re Snook, 2 Hilt, N.Y..566.
LEGAL NAME. Under common law consists of one (any) Christian name and one
(any) surname, and the insertion, omission, or mistake in middle name or
initial is immaterial.Langley v. Zurich General Accident & Liability Ins.
Co., 97 Cal.App. 434, 272 P.963, 965.
Revised Code of Washington 10.40.050. Entry and use of true name.
If HE alleges that another name is his true name it MUST be entered in the
minutes of the court, and the subsequent proceedings on the indictment or
information may be had against him by that name, referring also to the name
by which he is indicted or informed against.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zero Powers" <zero_powers@hotmail.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: Speaking of name changes...
> >From: "Robert Coyote" <coyyote@hotmail.com>
>
> > um
> > your Legal name is not "your name" its just your state recognised name
> >who dare decide what I am named but I?
> >
> >shall you call me Toby?
> >
> > You can change "your name" because it belongs to you
> >if you want the state to recognise it, thats another story.
>
> Not quite. I see your point: that you can call yourself anything you want
> to, state be damned. Sure, you can have as many "nicknames" or "aliases"
as
> you like, but you only have one "name" and it can only be legally changed
by
> state sanction.
>
> -Zero
>
> "I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking
> that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man.
> Has to be." -- George Taylor _Planet of the Apes_ (1968)
>
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