Lat. A part; a party to a deed, action, or legal proceeding. —Pars enitia. In old English law. The privilege or portion of the eldest daughter in the partition of lands by lot—Pars gravata. In old practice. A party aggrieved; the party aggrieved. Hardr. 50; 3 Leon. 237.—Pars pro toto. Part for the whole; the mame of a part used to represent the whole; as the roof for the house, ten spears for ten armed men, etc. —Pars rationabilis. That part of a man’s goods which the law gave to his widow and children. 2 Bl. Comm. 492.—Pars rea. A party defendant. St. Marlbr. c. 18.—Pars viscerum matris. Part of the bowels of the mother; 4 e., an unborn child.