necessary party
- An individual or group affected by a lawsuit's outcome and whose exclusion would prohibit a case judgment, but is not included because it would undermine the court's jurisdiction
- In the law firm's divorce case, the children were considered a necessary party.
- The tenant's absence led the judge to rule he was a necessary party and could not proceed without him.
- The Court noted that the affected community was a necessary party in the ongoing environmental lawsuit.
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