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party of the second part

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.14 in modern English

Syllables
par-ty of the sec-ond -part
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The party to a legal dispute against whom a complaint was initially raised in a court.

Archaic

noun

The second party named in a contract, generally the party to whom a duty is initially owed, and who is obligated to perform in response to the performance of that initial duty.

Archaic

Usage

Inflected Forms

parties of the second part (plural)

Questions

What does party of the second part mean?
The party to a legal dispute against whom a complaint was initially raised in a court.

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