adverse party
Defined in 3 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
United States Code
26 U.S.C. § 672 — for purposes of this subpart
For purposes of this subpart, the term “adverse party” means any person having a substantial beneficial interest in the trust which would be adversely affected by the exercise or nonexercise of the power which he possesses respecting the trust. A person having a general power of appointment over the trust property shall be deemed to have a beneficial interest in the trust.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Every party who has an interest in conflict with the reversal of a judgment or whose rights might be adversely or injuriously affected by a reversal, irrespective of whether such party is a plaintiff, a defendant, or an intervenor. See 21 Ann. Cas. 1273.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An "adverse party" entitled to notice of appeal is every party whose interest in relation to the judgment or decree appealed from is in conflict with the modification or reversal sought by the appeal; every party interested in sus-, taining the judgment or decree. Harrigan v. Gilchrist, 121 Wis 127, 99 N. W. 909; Moody v. Miller, 24 Or. 179, 33 Pac. 402; Mohr v. Byrne, 132 Cal. 250, 64 Pac. 257; Fitzgerald v. Cross, 30 Ohio St. 444; In re Clarke, 74 Minn. 8, 76 N. W. 790; Herri-man v. Menzies, 115 Cal. 16, 44 Pac. 660, 35 L. R. A. 318, 56 Am. St Rep. 81.