In Actions
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The persons seeking relief, and those against whom relief is sought, In any action. Parties are either "of recttrd," being those in whose name the named, but who have a beneficial interest in the subject matter.
6 Abb. Pr. (N. S.; N. Y.) 147.