Next-friend
noun, Law.
1.
a person other than a duly appointed guardian who acts on behalf of an infant or other person not fully qualified by law to act on his or her own behalf.
noun
1.
(law) (formerly) a person acting on behalf of an infant or other person under legal disability Official name litigation friend
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