| • | A part or portion. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially
   (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an
   individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. | 
											
															| • | Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed
   or antagonistic to another. | 
											
															| • | Cause; side; interest. | 
											
															| • | A person; as, he is a queer party. | 
											
															| • | Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the
   ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale. | 
											
															| • | Partial; favoring one party. | 
											
															| • | Partly. |