Third party

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 parties in a two-party system in which two political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections at every level of government

Acting in third of three roles

• Third-party ownership in association football, the ownership of a player's economic rights by sources other than the player

Business and marketing

• Third-party access, policies that require owners of natural monopoly infrastructure facilities to grant access to those facilities to parties other than their own customers
• Third-party administrator, an organization that processes insurance claims or certain aspects of employee benefit plans 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 technique, marketing strategy commonly employed by public relations firms, that involves placing a premeditated message in the "mouth of the media"
• Third-party verification (TPV), process of getting an independent party to confirm that the customer is actually requesting a change or ordering a new service or product, such as the practice used to prevent Telephone slamming
• Third party Independent test organization
• Third-party inspection company

Computers

• Third-party developer, a hardware or software developer independent of the primary product or platform that the consumer is using
• Third-party software component, software which can be used in conjunction with some software or hardware but is not associated with either the manufacturer or the user

Law and society

• Third-party observations under the European Patent Convention, observations submitted by a person who is not formally party to the grant or opposition proceedings, where the observations relate to the patentability of an invention subject of a European patent application or, after grant, subject of a European patent
• Third-party reproduction, a process wherein a donor provides sperm, eggs, or the use of her uterus so that a woman can have a child
• Third-party source, a source of information independent of the first and second parties in a situation

As a proper name

• 3rd Party (1990s), American pop music group
• Third Party (album) (2010), by Blue Sky Black Death
• Third Party, British DJ duo
• The Third Party, a 2016 Filipino romantic comedy drama film

See also

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