ex parte

Ex parte is a legal term defined as one of the involved parties are not present or not represented.

(adverb)

An example of an ex parte hearing is one where the victim is not there.

See ex parte in Webster's New World College Dictionary

on, or in the interest of, one side only; one-sided

Origin: L, lit., from the side or party: see ex- & part

See ex parte in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adverb & adj.

Law From or on one side only, with the other side absent or unrepresented: testified ex parte; an ex parte hearing.
From a one-sided or strongly biased point of view.

Origin:

Origin: Latin

Origin: : ex, from

Origin: + parte

Origin: , ablative of pars, part, side

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