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full legal name

A full legal name is the complete official name of a person or organization exactly as it is recognized in law and shown on formal legal records or registration documents.

In plain English

It means the whole official name used in legal matters, not a shortened or informal version. For a person or an organization, it must match the name recognized by law and recorded on formal documents.

In context

Here, it requests the signer’s or organization’s complete official name as shown on legal or registration records.

Situation
Reading agreement sections, parties, dates, signatures, and execution status
What it communicates
requests the official name entry for the signer or organization.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not identify any shorter, informal, or alternate name that might also be used.

Examples

“The contract named the company by its full legal name rather than the shortened trading name on the shop front.”

Core meaning

“Before signing, the director entered the company’s full legal name on the agreement.”

In context