indispensable parties
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 348 U.S. 48 - Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. v. Elbert · 1954Most cited · 405 citing opinions
Persons who not only have an interest in the controversy, but an interest of such a nature that a final decree cannot be made without either affecting that interest, or leaving the controversy in such a condition that its final termination may be wholly inconsistent with equity and good conscience.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In a suit in equity, those who not only have an interest in the subject-matter of the controversy, but an interest of such a nature that a final decree cannot be made without either affecting their interests or leaving the controversy in such a condition that its final determination may be wholly inconsistent with equity and good conscience. Shields v. Barrow, 17 How. 139, 15 L. Ed. 158 ; Ken-dig v. Dean, 07 U. S. 425, 24 L. Ed. 1061; Mallow v. Hinde, 12 Wheat. 193, 6 In Ed. 599.
Defined under Indispensable in Black's Law Dictionary.