The reason for my adopting this approach was the limited range of both forenames and surnames that appear in the registers : there are simply too many possible candidates.
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Owners and therefore properties which cannot be typed in this way include estates, institutions, governments, businesses, corporations, multiple owners, unknown owners and owners with gender-ambiguous forenames.
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It was to remove this misunderstanding that "forenames" was substituted.
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The use of forenames is necessary to reduce the risk of personation and to assist staff at polling stations in identifying voters.
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The order also introduces a new procedure for the changing of forenames and surnames in birth registers.
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So the identification code number of a person is his birthday and a number of elements of his firstforenameand surname.
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To remove this misunderstanding, "forenames" was substituted.
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However, only one change offorenameand three changes of surname are permitted.
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This was exacerbated by his confusingly commonforenameand surname.
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Registers witness theforenameand family name of all pushkarna devotees, hand-written as long ago as 250 years.
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The style of having both a family name (surname) and a given name (forename) is far from universal.
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Its use as aforenameor middle name is rare.
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She is the only recurring character in the comic strip to have both aforenameand a surname revealed (other characters are mentioned briefly).
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He returns briefly in 1962 with a differentforename, but no explanation is given for the change.
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Beyond preceding the surname there is no particular ordering rule for forenames.
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