noun A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.
noun A person; an individual.
He is a queer party.
noun With to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.
I can't possibly be (a) party to that kind of reckless behaviour.
noun A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction. A political group considered as a formal whole, usually organized on a national basis, which contests elections and aims to form or take part in a government; a political party.
The green party took 12% of the vote.
noun A political group considered as a formal whole, usually organized on a national basis, which contests elections and aims to form or take part in a government; a political party.
The green party took 12% of the vote.
noun The Communist Party, especially as the sole political party of a communist state.
noun The feeling of solidarity with and support for one's political party; partisanship, especially in political matters.
noun Active player characters organized into a single group.