1) Legal terminology
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An adverse party is an opposing party in a lawsuit under an adversary system of law. In general, an adverse party is a party against whom judgment is sought. For example, the adverse party for a defendant is the plaintiff. In a civil law case, there can be one or more adverse parties. ==Adverse party`s witnesses== A witness called on behalf of an....
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n. pleading is one of the papers filed with a court in a civil action, such as a complaint, a demurrer, or an answer. Alternative pleading permits a party to argue two mutually exclusive possibilities. Say for example, submitting an injury complaint alleging that the harm to the defendant caused by the plaintiff was so outrageous that it must have ...
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The opposite side in a lawsuit. Sometimes when there are numerous parties in one lawsuit, they may be adverse to each other on some issues and in agreement on other matters.
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