{"id":24890,"date":"2019-05-22T08:35:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T13:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=24890"},"modified":"2019-05-22T08:35:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T13:35:12","slug":"word-of-the-day-473","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2019\/05\/22\/word-of-the-day-473\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ex parte<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the law,\u00a0<i>ex parte<\/i>\u00a0is used in several contexts.<\/p>\n<h3>Legal Ethics<\/h3>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/legal_ethics\">legal ethics<\/a>,\u00a0<i>ex parte<\/i>\u00a0refers to improper contact with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/party\">party\u00a0<\/a>or a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/judge\">judge<\/a>. Ethical rules typically forbid\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/lawyer\">lawyer<\/a>\u00a0from contacting the judge or the opposing party without the other party&#8217;s lawyer also being present. \u00a0A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/breach\">breach<\/a>\u00a0of these rules is referred to as improper\u00a0<i>ex parte<\/i>\u00a0contact.<\/p>\n<h3>Civil Procedure<\/h3>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/civil_procedure\">civil procedure<\/a>,\u00a0<i>ex parte<\/i>\u00a0is used to refer to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/motion\">motions<\/a>\u00a0for orders that can be granted without waiting for a response from the other side.\u00a0Generally, these are orders that are only in place until further hearings can be held, such as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/temporary_restraining_order\">temporary restraining order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, a court will be hesitant to make an\u00a0<em>ex parte\u00a0<\/em>motion. This is because the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/fifth_amendment\">Fifth Amendment\u00a0<\/a>and the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee a right to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/due_process\">due process<\/a>, and\u00a0<em>ex parte\u00a0<\/em>motions&#8211;due to their exclusion of one party&#8211;risk violating the excluded party&#8217;s right to due process.\u00a0<em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/ex_parte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Legal Information Institute \/ Cornell Law School<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Noted in <a href=\"https:\/\/ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov\/cgi-bin\/show_public_doc?2019cv1136-35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Case No. 19-cv-01136 (APM)<\/a> for the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Judge Amit Mehta:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I do, therefore, . . . solemnly protest against these proceedings of the House of Representatives, because they are in violation of the rights of the coordinate executive branch of the Government, and subversive of its constitutional independence; because they are calculated to foster a band of interested parasites and informers, ever ready, for their own advantage, to swear before ex parte committees to pretended private conversations between the President and themselves, incapable, from their nature, of being disproved; thus furnishing material for harassing him, degrading him in the eyes of the country . . .<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; President James Buchanan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Buchanan, incidentally, lost his suit, a suit much like the cited case.<\/p>\n<p>Who said judges can&#8217;t have fun?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex parte: In the law,\u00a0ex parte\u00a0is used in several contexts. Legal Ethics In\u00a0legal ethics,\u00a0ex parte\u00a0refers to improper contact with a\u00a0party\u00a0or a\u00a0judge. Ethical rules typically forbid\u00a0a\u00a0lawyer\u00a0from contacting the judge or the opposing party without the other party&#8217;s lawyer also being present. \u00a0A\u00a0breach\u00a0of these rules is referred to as improper\u00a0ex parte\u00a0contact. 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