Legal Definition and Related Resources of Nominal Party

parties to a litigation who have no interest in the controversy therein but who are made parties because of some technical rule of pleading . Such a party is also sometimes referred to as formal party, is said to be joined in the action pro forma, i.e., as a matter of form and does not become a party to the suit. See Brown v Jones, (Tex.Civ.App.) 13 S. W.2d 850; also Harrison v Carter, 226 N.C. 36, 36 S.E.2d 700.

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Nominal Party Legal Definition

One who is joined as a party or defendant merely because the technical rules of pleading require his presence in the record.