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by beezlebroxxxxxx 565 days ago
"Legal name" is a catch-all term that usually means "approved for use on government issued ID". Are there instances when that's not always the case and some forms of ID (not just, say, an ID card, but also in tax filings, for example) actually have different rules? Amazingly, sometimes yes. But usually that's what it means.
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I get what it could mean but it's jurisdiction bound and doesnt resolve unambigyously, doesnt match mrz and isnt always ascii.