A party is a
person or group of persons that compose a single
entity which can be identified as one for the purposes of the
law.Courts use various terms to identify the role of a particular party in civil
litigation, usually identifying the party that brings a lawsuit as the
plaintiff, or, in older American cases, the party of the first part; and the party against whom the case was brought as the
defendant, or, in older American cases, the party of the second part.
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