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Webster 1913 Edition
Ex parte
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Exˊ par′te
.Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial;
as, an
. ex parte
statementEx parte application
, one made without notice or opportunity to oppose.
– Ex parte council
, one that assembles at the request of only one of the parties in dispute.
– Ex parte hearing
or
Ex parte evidence
(Law)
, that which is had or taken by one side or party in the absence of the other. Hearings before grand juries, and affidavits, are
ex parte
. Wharton’s Law Dict.
Burrill.