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   Party , n.; pl. Parties . [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See Part, v.]
   A part or portion. [Obs.] “The most party of the time.”  
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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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   Win the noble Brutus to our party.
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   The peace both parties want is like to last.
   Dryden.
   
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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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   The cause of both parties shall come before the judges.
   Ex. xxii. 9.
   
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   Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.
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   If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony.
   Sir J. Davies.
   
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   Cause; side; interest.
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   Have you nothing said
   Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany?
   Shak.
   
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   A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.]
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   “For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession.” Fitzed. Hall.
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   Party jury (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners. -- Party man, a partisan. Swift. -- Party spirit, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. Whately. -- Party verdict, a joint verdict. Shak. -- Party wall. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row.
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   Party, a. [F. parti divided, fr. partir to divide. See Part, v., and cf. Partite.]
   (Her.) 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; partisan.
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   I will be true judge, and not party.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Charter party. See under Charter.
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   Party, adv. Partly. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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