Fictitious Party
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Where a suit is brought in the name of one who is not in being, or of one who is ignorant of the suit, and has not authorized it, it is said to be brought in the name of a fictitious plaintiff. To bring such a suit is deemed a contempt of court.
4 Bl. Comm. 133.