A person who does not hire a lawyer and appears for himself/herself in court.

If you go to court without a lawyer, you are called a pro per.

Latin terms often used in court to refer to a party who represents himself or herself without a lawyer.

A person who represents himself or herself in court without an attorney. Also known as Pro Se.

a person who is representing his or her self in court proceedings

A Latin term meaning “on one's own behalf,” referring to people who represent themselves. The old saying goes, “The man who represents himself, has a fool for a client.

A term derived from the Latin in propria, meaning "for one's self," used in some states to describe a person who handles her own case without a lawyer. In other states, the term pro se is used. When a nonlawyer files his own legal papers, he is expected to write "in pro per" at the bottom of the heading on the first page.

Appearing in court for oneself, as in the case of one who does not use the services of a lawyer.