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It must also be remembered, that a testator often directs that a
devisee shall procure the royal license or an Act of Parliament
for the change of name, in order to entitle him to the testator's
property. If this direction be neglected, could not the party next
benefited sue for it on that ground, and with success?
S.D.D.
_Change of Name_ (No. 16. p. 246.).--The doctrine, that a person
may change his surname without any formality whatever, has long
been "settled," and is by no means of so recent a date as your
correspondent supposes, which will presently appear.
In _Coke upon Littleton_, after some observations as to the change
of Christian name at confirmation, it is stated--
"And this doth agree with our ancient books, where it is
holden that a man may have divers names at divers times, but
not divers Christian names." (Vol. ii. p. 218. ed. 1818, by
J.H. Thomas.)
Reference is made to _Acc. 1 Com. Dig._ 19, 20., "Abatement" (E. 18,
19.); _Bac. Abr._ "Misnomer," B.; Rex _v.
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