necessary party
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From 215 U.S. 33 - Waterman v. Canal-Louisiana Bank & Trust Co. · 1909Most cited · 945 citing opinions
while [the absent party] is a necessary party, in the sense that he has an interest in the controversy, his interest is not that of an indispensable party, without whose presence a court of equity cannot do justice between the parties before it, and whose interest must be so affected by any decree to be rendered as to oust the jurisdiction of the court.