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Simple English definitions for legal terms

proper party

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A quick definition of proper party:

Proper party: A proper party is someone who may be affected by a court decision, but their presence is not necessary for the court to make a decision. They can be added to a lawsuit if needed. For example, if someone is suing two people for negligence, both defendants are proper parties, but only one is required to be sued.

A more thorough explanation:

Proper party

A proper party is a party whose interest may be affected by a judgment, but their presence is not essential for the court to decide the case. They can be added to a lawsuit through a permissive joinder.

In a case where two defendants are jointly and severally liable for negligence, each defendant is a proper party. The plaintiff can sue either of the defendants, but only one is required to be present in court.

Another example could be a case where a person is suing a company for breach of contract. The company's employees may be proper parties because their interests may be affected by the outcome of the case, but their presence is not essential for the court to make a decision.

These examples illustrate that a proper party is someone who has a stake in the outcome of a case, but their presence is not necessary for the court to make a decision. They can be added to the case if needed, but the case can proceed without them.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:55
How does one know if they are UR1 or UR2?
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
ALSO CONGRATS!
Congrats1!
21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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