Ad Litem

Ad litem

September 15, 2016 · By BDLD DESK · 1,316 Reads

“for the lawsuit”; “for the purposes of the lawsuit being prosecuted”.

A grant ad litem is the appointment by a court of a person to act on behalf of an estate in court proceedings, when the estate’s proper representatives are unable or unwilling to act.
A guardian ad litem is the former name for a litigation friend responsible for the conduct of legal proceedings on behalf of someone else.

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