Partnership Law Act 2019

Nature of partnership - Meaning of partnership and firm name

10: Meaning of firm and firm name

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"What a business partnership is called and its name"

In this law, when people decide to work together in a partnership, they are called a firm. The name they use for their business is called the firm name. This is how the law refers to these things when talking about partnerships.

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Part 2Nature of partnership
Meaning of partnership and firm name

10Meaning of firm and firm name

  1. In this Act,—

  2. persons who have entered into partnership with one another are collectively called a firm; and
    1. the name under which their business is carried on is the firm name.
      Compare
      • 1908 No 139 s 7