Third party

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Third party may refer to:

Politics

• Third party (politics), party other than one of the two dominant ones in a two-party political system
  • Third party (Canada), in Canadian politics
  • Third party (United States), in American politics
• Third party (SIPO), in Ireland, a person or group which does not run for election but does receive political donations

Business

• Third-party access, requirement for competitive access to infrastructure facilities owned by natural monopolies
• Third-party administrator, an organization that processes employee benefits for a separate entity
• Third-party beneficiary, person who may have the right to sue on a contract, despite not having originally been a party to the contract
• Third party insurance, liability insurance which covers third-party claims
• Third-party logistics, a company's use of third-party businesses for distribution and fulfillment services
• Third-party technique, marketing strategy of placing a premeditated message in the "mouth of the media"
• Third-party verification (TPV), process of getting an independent party to confirm an identity
• Third party tester, an independent test organization
• Third-party inspection company, a business organization complying with the ISO 17020 standard
• Third-party ownership in association football, the ownership of a player's economic rights by sources other than the player
• Third-party management, monitoring and management of interactions with external parties
• Third-party billing, billing where an intermediary handles the invoicing and payment

Computing

• Third-party developer, a hardware or software developer independent of the primary product or platform used by the consumer
• Third-party software component, software which can be used with another system not associated with either the manufacturer or the user

Music

• 3rd Party (1990s), an American pop music group
• Third Party (album), by Blue Sky Black Death
• Third Party (DJs), a British DJ duo
• The Third Party, a 2016 Filipino romantic comedy drama film

Other uses

• Observations by third parties under the EPC, observations by uninvolved parties related to the patentability of an invention
• Third-party reproduction, donor-provides sperm, eggs, or the use of her uterus to produce a child
• Third-party source, a source of information independent of the first and second parties in a situation
• Third-party doctrine, in US law

See also

• Third Party System (1850s–1890s), 3rd of 5 historical periods in American politics
• American Third Party (1950s), a political party led by Henry B. Krajewski
• Third person (disambiguation)
• 3P (disambiguation)
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