indispensable party

indispensable party definition - legal

n

A party who must be included in the case, due to the inevitablity of his or her interests being affected by the courtÂ’s judgment in same.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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