opposing party
collocation in Englishmeaningsofopposingandparty
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opposing
adjective[before noun]
uk/əˈpəʊ.zɪŋ/us/əˈpoʊ.zɪŋ/
competing or fighting against ...
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party
noun
uk/ˈpɑː.ti/us/ˈpɑːr.t̬i/
a social event at which a group of people meet to talk, eat, drink, dance, etc., often in order to celebrate a ...
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(Definition ofopposingandpartyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, after a change in government the next two years would be spent by theopposingpartygoing in the opposite direction and changing the legislation.
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For example, a party in a court case may obtain copies of e-mail messages sent by employees of theopposingparty.
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He ran a generally quiet and issues-based campaign and grew frustrated with what he perceived as growing reactionary behavior from theopposingparty.
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When a party uses the testimony of a witness to show proof, theopposingpartyoften attempts to impeach the witness.
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Consent refers to the consent of theopposingparty; it clearly does not denote the consent of the witness in question.
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There are numerous reasons given foropposingpartyprimaries.
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In fact, the crowds gathered around the polls often insulted voters who appeared to be supporting theopposingparty.
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A significant fear of most legislators is they will lose their seat through defeat by a candidate of anopposingparty.
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It acted, however, only when theopposingpartywas one of the subordinate states in its tributary order and the possibility of having its "military supremacy" challenged would be slim.
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But some of his proposals were less farsighted, and they were forced on theopposingparty, without proper discussion, by the threat of economic sanctions.
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What is the aim of theopposingpartywho does not have much of a conscience?
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If a member of one party appeared on any programme in this country, theopposingpartywould demand representation.
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Another constable says that when he arrived there the crowd was shouting and rushing about in all directions, and that there was noopposingparty.
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It might be fair for the client to pay more than it would be fair to charge theopposingparty.
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This is important to enable anopposingpartyto challenge or inquire into the document's origin or authenticity.
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Section 31(2) puts beyond doubt that a successful legally-aided litigant can recover his or her costs from theopposingparty.
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The danger is that this will happen in one authority and then theopposingpartyin another authority will do the same thing.
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There is the interest of theopposingparty.
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Case after case has been mentioned of one party in a constituency commanding, say, 200 cars, whilst theopposingpartyhad only four, five, six or a dozen cars.
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Every new subject added to the programme of that party or of this brings with it its friends and sends into the ranks of theopposingpartyits foes.
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