Principle

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — Locus Standi — Definition

Area of law
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

This principle defines locus standi as the plaintiff's capacity to sue, which goes to the competence to institute an action and must be disclosed in the pleadings; failure renders the action liable to dismissal without consideration of the merits. The principle applies in all civil…

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