adjective
LawDone with respect to or in the interests of one side only or of an interested outside party.
- ‘the owners made an ex parte application to the High Court for a stay on the decision’
adverb
LawWith respect to or in the interests of one side only or of an interested outside party.
- ‘lawyers are forbidden to meet with a judge ex parte, or outside the presence of opposing counsel’
Origin
Latin, ‘from a side’.
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