Nominal plaintiff
NOMINAL PLAINTIFF. One who is named as the plaintiff in an action, but who
has no interest in it, having assigned the cause or right of action to
another, for whose use it is brought.
2. In general, he cannot interfere with the rights of his assignee, nor
will he be permitted to discontinue. the action, or to meddle with it. 1
Wheat. R. 233; 1 John. Cas. 411; 3 John. Cas. 242; 1 Johns. R. 532, n.; 3
Johns. R. 426; 11 Johns. R. 47; 12 John. R. 237; 1 Phil. Ev. 90; Cowen's
note 172; Greenl. Ev. SS 173; 7 Cranch, 152.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.