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representative party

representative party a party who sues on behalf of the class in … in a class action. The claims or defenses of the representative party must be typical of the class, and the representative party

class action

class action : an action in which a representative plaintiff sues or a representative defendant is sued on behalf … where individual litigation would have varying results requiring the opposing party to act inconsistently toward the class members or would affect

Legal representative

Legal representative, a 'legal representative' ordinarily means a person who in law … intermeddles with the estate of the deceased and where a party sues or is sued in a representative character the person

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Parties

suit under s. 92 of the code is thus a representative suit and as such binds not only the parties named … the proceedings, either upon or without the application of either party, and on such terms as may appear to the court

delegate

to perform another's duties under a contract b : a representative to a convention (as of a political party) or conference

substitution

of a party to an action with a successor or representative upon motion to the court when the party is unable

Notice to quit

as both parties please, if the tenant dies his personal representatives have the same interest in the land which their testator … by notice to quit, which may be given by either party, and must be given one half-year previously to the expiration

personal representative

personal representative : one recognized as the representative of another party or

adversary

involving a system of justice in which opposing parties usually represented by counsel present evidence to an impartial decision-maker (as a … with or opposes another ;esp : any of the opposing parties in a legal action adj : of, relating to, or

agreement

1-201(3), agreement is the bargain of the contracting parties as represented explicitly by their language or implicitly by other circumstances (as … understanding, or intent ;esp : the mutual assent of contracting parties to the same terms [if they reach ] NOTE: Under

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