Next friend
Next friend, in
British law and
American law, is the phrase used for a person who represents in an action another person who is under disability or otherwise unable to maintain a suit on their own behalf as a result of their circumstances, who does not have a
legal guardian.This disability often arises from infancy, mental incapacity, or lack of access to counsel, consequently every application to the court on behalf of an infant or a lunatic or a person detained without access to an attorney, who does not have a legal guardian or someone authorized to act on their behalf with a power of attorney, must be made through a next friend (prochein amy, proximus amicus).
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next friend
Noun
1. (law) a person who acts on behalf of an infant or disabled person
(hypernym) agent
(classification) law, jurisprudence
Next Friend
(see
Guardian) A person representing a minor or mental patient who is involved in legal proceedings
Next Friend
One who, without being regularly appointed guardian, acts for the benefit of an infant, married woman, or other person, not sui juris.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
next friend
Eng: next friend
Urdu: (قانون) مُختار؛ قانوني سرپرست کے بجائے کوئي دوسرا شخص