324:. Technically the Registrar General makes a correction to the entry. A correction can be recorded where a birth has been registered in Scotland, or where a person is the subject in Scotland of an entry in the Adopted Children Register, the Parental Order Register or the Gender Recognition Register. The above formalities are not necessary where a spouse/partner assumes the other spouse/partner's surname upon marriage or civil partnership, or reverts to their original name upon separation, divorce or dissolution of the civil partnership.
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1154:, 527 S.W.2d 402 (Mo. App. 1975);
601:Craven, Julia (24 February 2022).
288:Institutes of the Lawes of England
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170:or choose a new surname entirely.
1890:Democratic Republic of the Congo
1178:, 593 F.2d 46 (6th Cir. 1979).
1036:"About registration in Scotland"
499:"Creating a Name for Themselves"
367:in the following circumstances:
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985:"Change your name by deed poll"
904:"Change your name by deed poll"
886:(1832). Butler, Charles (ed.).
549:Stahl, Dan (6 September 2019).
1174:, 312 N.E.2d 857 (Ind. 1974);
1168:Stuart v. Board of Supervisors
1076:, National Records of Scotland
858:. Vol. 2 (3rd ed.).
575:Ridley, Jane (22 April 2024).
205:A new identity resulting from
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1123:"Recording a change of name"
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1182:10 U.S.C. § 1551 (2006).
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189:Dislike of birth name.
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1099:www.nrscotland.gov.uk
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1176:United States v. Cox
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