【法】 次代理人

[ noun ]
(law) a person who acts on behalf of an infant or disabled person
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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.

Her princely guest
Was next her side; in order sat the rest. --Dryden.

Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way.
--Bunyan.

2. Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.

3. Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following
in order.

None could tell whose turn should be the next.
--Gay.

4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as,
the next heir was an infant.

The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next
kinsmen. --Ruth ii. 20.

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.

{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.