Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E

Ex Parte

(Latin, proceeding only from one of the parties). An ex-parte statement is a one-sided statement, a partial statement, a statement made by one of the litigants without being modified by the counter-statement.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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