Party (law)
A
party is a
person or group of persons that compose a single
entity which can be identified as one for the purposes of the
law.
Courts use various terms to identify the role of a particular party in civil
litigation, usually identifying the party that brings a case as the
plaintiff, or, in older cases, the
party of the first part; and the party against whom the case was brought as the
defendant, or, in older cases, the
party of the second part.
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Ex parte proceeding*
Inter partes proceeding
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Erga omnes
