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next friend
(encz) | next friend, n: |
Next friend
(gcide) | Next \Next\ (n[e^]kst), a., superl. of Nigh. [AS. n[=e]hst,
ni['e]hst, n[=y]hst, superl. of ne['a]h nigh. See Nigh.]
1. Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
--Chaucer.
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Her princely guest
Was next her side; in order sat the rest. --Dryden.
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Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way.
--Bunyan.
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2. Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.
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3. Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following
in order.
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None could tell whose turn should be the next.
--Gay.
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4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as,
the next heir was an infant.
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The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next
kinsmen. --Ruth ii. 20.
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Note: Next is usually followed by to before an object, but to
is sometimes omitted. In such cases next in considered
by many grammarians as a preposition.
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Next friend (Law), one who represents an infant, a married
woman, or any person who can not appear sui juris, in a
suit at law.
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next friend
(wn) | next friend
n 1: (law) a person who acts on behalf of an infant or disabled
person |
NEXT FRIEND
(bouvier) | NEXT FRIEND. One who, without being regularly appointed guardian, acts for
the benefit of an infant, married woman, or other person, not sui juris.
Vide Amy; Prochein Amy.
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next friend
(encz) | next friend, n: |
next friend
(wn) | next friend
n 1: (law) a person who acts on behalf of an infant or disabled
person |
NEXT FRIEND
(bouvier) | NEXT FRIEND. One who, without being regularly appointed guardian, acts for
the benefit of an infant, married woman, or other person, not sui juris.
Vide Amy; Prochein Amy.
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