Latin for Lawyers

GUARDIAN AD LITEM

a complaint by an employer for relief under the grievance machinery set up under a collective bargaining agreement with a union. Each state has machin ery for the resolution of grievances against lawyers , usually in the form of grievance committees which hear complaints and refer their decisions to the courts when discipline is required. GUARDIAN AD LITEM A special guardian appointed by the court during the course of a litigation to protect the interests of an infant or mentally incompetent person involved in the litigation. The authority of the guardian ad litem is confined to the litiga tion for which he is appointed. See AD LITEM

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