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Article: Third Party
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- West's Encyclopedia of American Law
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THIRD PARTY
A generic legal term for any individual who does not have a direct connection with a legal transaction but who might be affected by it.
A
third-party beneficiary
is an individual for whose benefit a contract is created even though that person is a stranger to both the agreement and the consideration. Such an individual can usually bring ...