party jury

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party jury - 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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