Party

(păr'te.) [From L. pars, partis, a part.] (Pol.) A number of persons combined for the purpose of promoting, by their joint endeavors, their own views, according to some principles on which all of them are agreed; it differs from faction, inasmuch that it implies a le dishonorable a ociation of persons, or more justifiable designs.- (Mil.) A small detachment of men sent upon any particular duty; as, a foraging party.-(Her.) The division of a field by a line running in the direction of an ordinary: thus, party per pale, party per fe e, . [s. 687]