訴そ外がい

noun, used as a prefix

non-party; person outside a suit

Legal term used as a prefix to refer to a person or entity not named as a party in the current court case. Common in phrases like 訴外第三者 (third party outside the suit).

• 訴そ外がいの第だい三さん者しゃが証しょう拠こを提てい出しゅつした。

  A third party outside the suit submitted evidence.

• この判はん決けつは訴そ外がいの者ものには効こう力りょくを及およぼさない。

  This judgment does not affect persons outside the suit.