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A part or portion. |
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A number of persons united in opinion or action, as
distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or
association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on
questions of public policy. |
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A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially
(Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service. |
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A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a
select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as,
to give a party. |
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One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part
with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to
the contract. |
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The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an
individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. |
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Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed
or antagonistic to another. |
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Cause; side; interest. |
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A person; as, he is a queer party. |
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Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the
ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale. |
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Partial; favoring one party. |
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Partly. |