palani
16th May 2012, 11:11 AM
Interesting ... circa 1906 .. obviously the English point of view ... and does not address the concept of nom de guerre.
http://books.google.com/books?id=sYkwAQAAMAAJ&dq=name%20of%20law&pg=PP9#v=onepage&q=name%20of%20law&f=false
If therefore a child has been registered in one Christian name and baptised in another, the baptismal name (which short of an act of Parliament is unchangeable) is its true and unalterable name, and the priority of baptism or of registration has no weight one way or another.
http://books.google.com/books?id=sYkwAQAAMAAJ&dq=name%20of%20law&pg=PP9#v=onepage&q=name%20of%20law&f=false
If therefore a child has been registered in one Christian name and baptised in another, the baptismal name (which short of an act of Parliament is unchangeable) is its true and unalterable name, and the priority of baptism or of registration has no weight one way or another.