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No. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_name#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_name#United_States > Most state courts have held that a legally
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No. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_name#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_name#United_States
> Most state courts have held that a legally assumed name (i.e., for a non-fraudulent purpose) is a legal name and usable as their true name, though assumed names are often not considered the person's technically true name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_change#Informal_methods_of_legal_name_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_change#Informal_methods_o...
> A common law name (i.e. one assumed for a non-fraudulent purpose) is a legal name.[7] In most states a statutory method, while quick and definitive, only supplements the common law method,[8] unless the statute makes itself exclusive.