WHAT'S IN A NAME?
COMMON LAW AND CANON LAW,
In tlio English law, the only objection to change of name (nnil that is uot in common law but canon law) was in the first name, bcc.iusc.it was'the baptismal name. This was stated by the Chief .Tustico (Sir Kobert Stout) in the Supremo Court yesterday. Sir John Findlay, to whom the remark was addressed, stated that ho knew that. Mr. Justice Williams had Idecided. a case of the kind in New Zealand. Where ono John Williamson was refused n vote because he had got on the roll as John Williams, the learned Judge held that he was entitled to vote.
The Chief Justice: Yes, his first name was John. I have known a man in a good position to change his name without any formality. lie did not like the nninc, and he adopted the name of a man who had formerly been his guardian.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1545, 14 September 1912, Page 4
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154WHAT'S IN A NAME? Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1545, 14 September 1912, Page 4
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