Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ex parte \Ex` par"te\ [L. See {Ex-}, and {Part}.]
   Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex
   parte statement.

   {Ex parte application}, one made without notice or
      opportunity to oppose.

   {Ex parte council}, one that assembles at the request of only
      one of the parties in dispute.

   {Ex parte} {hearing or evidence} (Law), that which is had or
      taken by one side or party in the absence of the other.
      Hearings before grand juries, and affidavits, are ex
      parte. --Wharton's Law Dict. --Burrill.