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  • 31ostensible — /ɒsˈtɛnsəbəl / (say os tensuhbuhl) adjective given out or outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: *This ostensible family centredness is so taken for granted that no commentator feels obliged to do more than pay token homage to its… …

  • 32ostensible — adj. concealing the real; professed (his ostensible function was that of interpreter). Derivatives: ostensibly adv. Etymology: F f. med.L ostensibilis f. L ostendere ostens stretch out to view (as OB , tendere stretch) …

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  • 33ostensible authority — see authority Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. ostensible authority …

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  • 34ostensible agent — see agent Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. ostensible agent …

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  • 35ostensible agency — see agency 2a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. ostensible agency …

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  • 36ostensible ownership — see ownership Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 37Ostensible partner — (engl., spr. osténnßibl ), offener Gesellschafter, im Gegensatz zu Dormant partner, dem stillen Teilhaber; s. Handelsgesellschaft …

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  • 38ostensible partner — a person who allows his credit to be pledged as a partner (e.g. where his name appears in the list of partners on the firm s notepaper, or where he interferes in the management of the business so as to produce in third parties a reasonable belief …

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  • 39ostensible motive — index pretext Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 40ostensible purpose — index pretense (pretext), pretext Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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