Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
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- Necessary Party
- A person or entity whose interests will be affected by the outcome of a lawsuit and whose absence from the case prevents a judgment on all issues, but who cannot be joined in the lawsuit because that would deny jurisdiction to the court hearing the case.
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