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ˈthird ˌparty
1. A party or person besides the two primarily concerned, as in a law case or the like. Also attrib.
1818Scott Rob Roy xiii, Speak as you would to an unconcerned third party. 1853Maurice Proph. & Kings xx. 343 It appears to be a narrative written by a third party. 1883Wharton's Law Lex. s.v., ‘A Third party’ may be introduced into an action by a defendant claiming an indemnity, or any other remedy over against him, under Jud. Act, 1873, s. 24. sub. 3, and Order XVI., Rules 17, 19. 1883Law Times 20 Oct. 407/2 The rules relating to third-party procedure..are a great improvement upon the former rules. 1905Daily Chron. 12 Sept. 3/2 The largest third-party vote, with one exception, since the Civil War.
2. spec.
a. Used attrib. to designate insurance arranged against injury to persons other than the insured.
1901C. H. Green in A. W. Tarn Insurance Guide & Handbk. (ed. 3) 254 Indemnity or Third Party Insurance, dealing with the Common Law Liability of the individual with regard to the general public and their property. 1910E. M. Forster Howards End x. 84 As we've insured against third-party risks, it won't so much matter. 1931Daily Express 5 Sept. 9/1 Each man was fined {pstlg}5 with an additional {pstlg}2 for Dougson for driving without a third party insurance. 1978Dumfries Courier 13 Oct. 15/4 Clark was fined {pstlg}5 and licence endorsed in two other charges—using the car without a third party risks insurance and using it while the handbrake was defective.
b. third party adoption, an adoption of a child arranged by a third party who is a private individual rather than an adoption agency.
1965Hall & Howes Church in Social Work iii. 57 That social worker's bane, the ‘third party’ adoption. |