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guardian ad litem
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Guardianship
appointing a guardian under 12 Car. 2, c. 24' did not extend to copyhold property. (4) Ad litem.--A guardian ad litem is a person who agrees or is appointed to appear and act for an infant, or a person
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Next friend
defended by his guardian. In equity he sued by next friend, and not by guardian, and defended by guardian ad litem. A married woman, before the Married Women's Property Act, could not sue either at law or inequity unless … Ord. XVI., r. 16. As to the capacity of a married woman to act as next friend or guardian ad litem, see A.P., 1937, notes to Order XVI., r. 16. Persons of unsound mind sue by their committee or
Amy, or Ami
the guardian) suing on behalf of an infant. Infants sue by a next friend and defend by a guardian ad litem; see R. S. C. Ord. XVI. R. 16; also alien amy, a friendly alien.
Official solicitor
visiting prisoners committed for contempt, and he may be assigned as solicitor to pauper litigants, and acts as guardian ad litem to persons under a disability. Subject to an order to the contrary, under Ord. LXIII., Rule 13, his
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