Ex Parte

On one side only; by or for one party; done for, in behalf of, or on the application of, one party only. <A judicial proceeding, order, injunction, ete., ia said to be ew parte when it is taken or pranted at the instance and for the benefit of one party only, and without notice to, or contestation by, any person adversely interested. “Ha parte,” in the heading of a reported case, signifies that the name following is that of the party upon whose application the case ig heard. Tn its primary sense, ex parte, as applied to an application in a judicial proceeding, means that it ls made by & person who is not a party to the proceeding, but who has an interest in the matter which entitles him tomaketheapplication, Thus, ina bankruptcy proceeding or an administration action, 2n application by A. B., a creditor, or the like, would be describedas made “ex parte A. B.,” i. e., On the partof A. B. Tn its more usual sense, ex parte Means that an application is made by one party to a preceeding in thé absence of the other. Thus, an ex parte injunction is one granted without the opposite party having had notice of the application. It would not be called “ex parte” if he had proper notice of it, and chose uat to appear to oppose it.

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