Party (law)

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 lawsuit as the plaintiff, or, in older American cases, the "party of the first part"; and the party against whom the case was brought as the defendant, or, in older American cases, the "party of the second part".

See also

* Erga omnes
* "Ex parte" proceeding
* "Inter partes" proceeding
* Intervention (law)


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