What is CHRISTIAN NAME? Definition of CHRISTIAN NAME in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
The baptismal name as distinct from the surname. Stratton v. Foster, 11 Me. 467. The name which is given one after his birth or at baptism, or is afterward assumed by him in addition to his family name. Badger Lumber Co. v. Collinson, 97 Kan. 791, 156 P. 724, 725.
A Christian name may consist of a single letter. Wharton; People v. Reilly, 257 Ill. 538, 101 N.E. 54, Ann.Cas. 1914A, 1112. There is no presumption that letters are not themselves Christian names, and where a letter or letters appear before a surname they are treated, in the absence of any showing to the contrary, as the Christian name. Riley v. Litchfield, 168 Iowa, 187, 150 N.W. 81, 82, Ann.Cas. 1917B, 172.
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