Ex parte hearing

(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.

See also: Ex parte

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As soon as the LVPO is lifted, or if no order is entered at the ex parte hearing, any guns seized should immediately be returned to the respondent.

Editorial Advisory Board: Guns and the dangerously troubled

This bill would create a so-called "Extreme Risk Protection Order" that could be obtained by a law enforcement officer, family member or household member in an ex parte hearing to deprive someone of their Second Amendment rights without due process of the law.

Letters

To facilitate swift action, applicants should engage a surety company before the ex parte hearing.

Watch out: The federal Trade Secrets Act provides for ex parte seizure

Is a prosecutor ever justified in having an ex parte hearing or conversation with the trial judge in a criminal case with no notice to the defense counsel?

Ex parte communication in a criminal case is a poor idea

No Abbey directors were present at the ex parte hearing.

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Following an ex parte hearing on the day the motion was filed, the court entered an order granting the extension.

State Supreme Court ruled extended time to serve process void

On July 13, 2009, they were notified that there had been an ex parte hearing in a Tarrant County courtroom and that, as a result, they were no longer Ceci's guardians.

The Fight For Ceci

Should the military justice system instead follow the federal model--as it does in so many other areas--by permitting the defense to appear before the judge in an ex parte hearing to try to establish the necessity of funding for an expert witness or other litigation support?

Death is different: Kreutzer and the right to a mitigation specialist in military capital offense cases

The federal courts have generally agreed in criminal cases with the prosecution's argument that an ex parte hearing is less intrusive to the attorney-client relationship than would be a full hearing in open court.

Protecting privileged documents

After an ex parte hearing, the High Court issued the EPO.

Although California court had previously convicted American woman of abusing her second child, European Court of Human Rights rules that ex parte seizure of her newborn by British authorities followed by adoption proceedings without counsel breached her rights of access to courts and unduly interfered with her family rights under European Human Rights Convention

A trial court making the determination of whether the privilege applies may hold some form of in camera hearing regarding the defense's need for the information or an ex parte hearing on the government's need to protect the information.

The Qualified Privilege to Protect Sensitive Investigative Techniques from Disclosure

The government claimed that under the Fourth Amendment, it only needed to appear at an ex parte hearing before a judge and that seizure of real property under the drug forfeiture laws is excepted from the usual due process requirements.