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legal person

considered as having many of the rights and responsibilities of a natural person and esp. the capacity to sue and be sued

Actio personalis moritur cum persona.

Actio personalis moritur cum persona. A personal action dies with the person, i.e., the right to sue is gone. 'As if battery be done to a man, if he who did the battery or the

Implead

To institute and prosecute a suit against in court to sue or prosecute at law hence to accuse to impeach

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suit

legal proceedings, literally, pursuit, from siute, feminine past participle of suire to follow, from Old French sivre see sue ] : a proceeding to enforce a right or claim ;specif : an action brought in a court

Elegit

the creditor becomes tenant by elegit; the legal estate vests in him, and he can bring ejectment or sue for the rent if the estate is in reversion, Hatton v. Haywood, (1874) LR 9 Ch 236. See

privity

parties had privity. Under modern laws and doctrines of strict liability and implied warranty, however, the right to sue has been extended to those, such as third-party beneficiaries and members of a purchaser's household, whose use of

owner

not have legal title but, upon execution of the contract, they became equitable owners and have power to sue to protect their land "Dessen v. Jones, 551 N.E.2d 782 (1990)"] legal owner : one who has legal

no-fault

who is responsible for the accident and is prohibited from or limited in his or her right to sue the responsible party 2 : of or relating to no-fault divorce [a ground for dissolution] see also no-fault

negative averment

by the party making it [a negative averment alleging that the plaintiff did not have the capacity to sue]

legal entity

(as a corporation or labor union) having under the law rights and responsibilities and esp. the capacity to sue and be sued

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