Definitions for next friend
next friend

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1. next friendnoun

   (law) a person who acts on behalf of an infant or disabled person

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1. Next friend

   In common law, a next friend (Law French prochein ami) is a person who represents another person who is under age, or, because of disability or otherwise, is unable to maintain a suit on his or her own behalf and who does not have a legal guardian. They are also known as litigation friends. When a relative who is next of kin acts as a next friend for a person, that person is sometimes instead described as the "natural guardian" of the person. A next friend has full power over the proceedings in the action as if he or she were an ordinary plaintiff, until a guardian or guardian ad litem is appointed in the case; but the next friend is entitled to present evidence only on the same basis as any other witness.

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1. next friend

   A next friend, also known as a litigation friend, is a legal term referring to a person who represents someone incapable of representing themselves due to physical incapacity, minority, or disability. The next friend acts for the benefit of this person (called the ward) without being officially appointed as a guardian. Their role is to make sure the ward's rights are adequately protected and represented in a legal proceeding.

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1. Next friend

   In common law, next friend is a phrase used to refer to a person who represents another person who is under disability or otherwise unable to maintain a suit on their own behalf and who does not have a legal guardian. This disability often arises from minority, mental incapacity, or lack of access to counsel. Consequently every application to the court on behalf of a minor, a mentally incapacitated person, 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. Prior to the Married Women's Property Act 1882 in British law it was also usual for a married woman to sue by a next friend, but that act, allowing a married woman to sue in all respects as a feme sole, has rendered a next friend unnecessary in the case of married women. When a relative who is next of kin acts as a next friend for a person, that person is sometimes instead referred to as the natural guardian of the person. Historically, in the case of a minor, the father is prima facie the proper person to act as next friend; in the father's absence the testamentary guardian if any; but any person not under disability may act as next friend so long as he has no interest in the action adverse to that of the minor. A married woman could not historically act as next friend, but this practice is no longer current, at least in the United States. A minor frequently defends a suit, not by a next friend, but by a guardian ad litem often appointed by the court with jurisdiction over the case or a court with probate jurisdiction.

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How to pronounce next friend?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of next friend in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of next friend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=next friend
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Friend
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=next friend