†P6. in name with: mentioned in connection with (a person of the opposite sex). Obsolete. rare.Apparently used to suggest a non-marital sexual relationship.
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1565–73 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 256 Being at borde at the said Agnes house, then wedoo, and was in name with hir.
1575–6 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 284 She was then in name with one Francis Castell.