Stranger

A person who has no direct interest in the subject-matter of a suit, and who has, hence, no right to make defense, control the proceedings, examine and cross-examine witnesses, and appeal from the judgment. 2 ■A person not a party or privy to an act, contract, or title; as, in saying that a "stranger" must know the extent of an agent's power. Strangers are " third persons " generally — all persons in the world except parties and privies. For example, those who are in no way parties to a covenant, nor bound by it, are said to be strangers to the covenant.

See Party, 8; Pbivy, 3; Negotiable; Notice; Eecord; Res, Inter alios.