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For the purpose of intervention, some legal or equitable interest in the subject of the action which a judgment or decree will or may affect. Universal Oil Products Co. v Standard Oil Co. 6 F Supp 37. For the purpose of a statute rendering one interested in the subject matter incompetent as a witness in an action by or against a legal representative of a decedent, one having a direct pecuniary interest in the subject matter of the litigation before the court so as to constitute him at the time an "opposite party" to the estate of deceased. Beaupre v Holzbaugh, 327 Mich 101, 41 NW2d 338, 27 ALR2d 532. In reference to parties on appeal, one whose interest may be adversely affected by the decision on appeal. 4 Am J2d A & E § 276.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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