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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Party \Par"ty\ (p[aum]r"t[y^]), n.; pl. Parties
   (p[aum]r"t[i^]z). [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to
   part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See Part, v.]
   1. A part or portion. [Obs.] "The most party of the time."
      --Chaucer.
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   2. 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.    --Shak.
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            The peace both parties want is like to last.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   3. 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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   4. 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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   5. 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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   6. 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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   7. 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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   8. Cause; side; interest.
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            Have you nothing said
            Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany? --Shak.
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   9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a
      vulgarism.]
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   Note: "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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2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PARTIES, contracts. Those persons who engage themselves to do, or not to do 
the matters and things contained in an agreement. 
     2. All persons generally can be parties to contracts, unless they labor 
under some disability. 
     3. Consent being essential to all valid contracts, it follows that 
persons who want, first, understanding; or secondly, freedom to exercise 
their will, cannot be parties to contracts. Thirdly, persons who in 
consequence of their situation are incapable to enter into some particular 
contract. These will be separately considered. 
     4.-Sec. 1. Those persons who want understanding, are idiots and 
lunatics; drunkards and infants, 
     5.-1. The contracts of idiots and lunatics, are riot binding; as they 
are unable from mental infirmity, to form any accurate judgment of their 
actions; and consequently, cannot give a serious and sufficient 
consideration to any engagement. And although it was formerly a rule that 
the party could not stultify himself; 39 H. VI. 42; Newl. Contr. 19 1 Fonb. 
Eq. 46, 7; yet this rule has been so relaxed, that the defendant may now set 
up this defence. 3 Camp. 128; 2 Atk. 412; 1 Fonb. Eq. n. d.; and see Highm. 
on Lun. 111, 112; Long on Sales, 14; 3 Day's Rep. 90 Chit. on Contr. 29, 
257, 8; 2 Str. 1104. 
     6.-2. A person in a state of complete intoxication has no agreeing 
mind; Bull. N. P. 172; 3 Campb. 33; Sugd. Vend. 154 Stark. Rep. 126; and his 
contracts are therefore void, particularly if he has been made intoxicated 
by the other party. 1 Hen. & Munf. 69; 1 South. Rep. 361; 2 Hayw. 394; see 
Louis. Code, art. 1781; 1 Clarke's R. 408. 
     7.-3. In general the contract of an infant, however fair and 
conducive to his interest it may be, is not binding on him, unless the 
supply of necessaries to him be the object of the agreement; Newl. Contr. 2; 
1 Eq. Cas. Ab. 286; l Atk. 489; 3 Atk. 613; or unless he confirm the 
agreement after he shall be of full age. Bac. Abr. Infancy; I 3. But he may 
take advantage of contracts made with him, although the consideration were 
merely the infant's promise, as in an action on mutual promises to marry. 
Bull. N. P. 155; 2 Str. 907; 1 Marsh. (Ken.) Rep. 76; 2 M. & S. 205. See 
Stark. Ev. pt. iv. page 724; 1 Nott & McCord, 197; 6 Cranch, 226; Com. Dig. 
Infant; Bac. Abr. Infancy and Age; 9 Vin. Ab. 393, 4; Fonb. Eq. b. 1 c. 2; 
Sec. 4, note b; 3 Burr. 1794; 1 Mod. 25; Str. 937; Louis. Code, article 
1778. 
     8.-Sec. 2. Persons who have understanding, who, in law, have not 
freedom to exercise their will, are married women; and persons under duress. 
     9.-1. A married woman has, in general, no power or capacity to 
contract during the coverture. Com. Dig. Baron & Feme, W; Pleader, 2 A 1. 
She has in legal contemplation no separate existence, her husband and 
herself being in law but one person. Litt. section 28; see Chitty on Cont. 
39, 40. But a contract made with a married woman, and for her benefit, where 
she is the meritorious cause of action, as in the instance of an express 
promise to the wife, in consideration of her personal labor, as that she 
would cure a wound; Cro. Jac. 77; 2 Sid. 128; 2 Wils. 424; or of a bond or 
promissory note, payable on the face thereof to her, or to herself and 
husband, may be enforced by the husband and wife, though made during the 
coverture. 2 M. & S. 396, n. b.; 2 Bl. Rep. 1236; 1 H. Black. 108. A married 
woman has no original power or Authority by virtue of the marital tie, to 
bind her husband by any of her contracts. The liability of a husband on his 
wife's engagements rests on the idea that they were formed by his authority; 
and if his assent do not appear by express evidence or by proof of 
circumstances from which it may reasonably, be inferred, he is not liable. 1 
Mod. 125; 3 B. & C. 631; see Chitty on Cont. 39 to 50. 
    10.-2. Contracts may be avoided on account of duress. See that word, 
and also Poth. Obl. P. 1, c. 1, s. 1, art. 3, Sec. 2. 
    11.-Sec. 3. Trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, and all 
other, persons who make a contract for and on behalf of others, cannot 
become, parties to such contract on their own. account; nor are they allowed 
in any case to purchase the trust estate for themselves. 1 Vern. 465; 2 Atk. 
59; 10 Ves. 3; 9 Ves. 234; 12 Ves. 372, 3 Mer. Rep. 200; 6 Ves. 627; 8 Bro. 
P. C. 42 10 Ves. 381; 5 Ves. 707; 13 Ves. 156; 1 Pet. C. C. R. 373; 3 Binn. 
54; 2 Whart. 53; 7 Watts, 387; 13 S. & R, 210; 5 Watts, 304; 2 Bro. C. C. 
400; White's L. C. in Eq. *104-117; 9 Paige, 238, 241, 650, 663; 1 Sandf. R. 
251, 256; 3 Sandf. R. 61; 2 John. Ch. R. 252; 4 How. S. C. 503; 2 Whart. 53, 
63; l5 Pick. 24, 31. As to the transactions between attorneys and others in 
relation to client's property, see 2 Ves. jr. 201; 1 Madd. Ch. 114; 15 Ves. 
42; 1 Ves. 379; 2 Ves. 259. The contracts of alien enemies may in, general 
be avoided, except when made under the license of the government, either 
express or implied. 1 Kent, Com. 104. See 15 John. 6; Dougl. 641. As to the 
persons who make contracts in equity, see Newl. Cont. c. 1, pp. l to 33. 



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