Tbe persons who take part in the performance of any act, or who are directly Interested in any affair, eontract, or conveyance, or who are actively concerned in the proseeution and defense of any legal proceeding. U. S. v. Henderlong (C. C.) 102 Fed. 2; Robbins v. Chicago, 4 wall. 672, 18 L. Bd. 427; Green v. Bogue, 158 U. S. 478, 15 Sup. Ct. 975, 39 L. Ed. 1061; Hughes v. Jones, 116 N. Y. 67, 22 N. E. 446, 5 L. R. A. 637, 15 Am. St. Rep. 386. See also Babtt
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
