Ad litem
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The term is also used in property litigation, where a person may be appointed to act on behalf of an estate in court proceedings, when the estate's proper representatives are unable or unwilling to act.
The term is also sometimes used to refer to a judge who participates in only a particular case or a limited set of cases and does not have the same status as the other judges of the court. Such a jurist is more commonly called a judge ad hoc. Judges ad hoc are particularly common in international courts, and are fewer in number elsewhere.
See also
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References
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Garner, Bryan A., ed. (2004). Black's Law Dictionary (Abridged 8th ed.). St. Paul, Minn.: West Group. ISBN 9780314151995. OCLC 1004997820.
