0 not involving or related to a political party: --
The government intends to hold non-party elections to the new bodies.
1 used to describe someone who is not directly involved in a legal agreement or disagreement: --
This matter has been discussed this evening upon a non-party basis.
Candidates not sponsored by such parties are entitled to paper on the non-party scale.
He is non-party, which means that he has not made up his mind on matters.
It is a cause of the greatest concern and has to be approached in a rational and, one hopes, in a non-party manner.
I desire to deal with this matter from a non-party and reasonable point of view.
I say "non-party"rather than"all-party"because"all-party" implies that there is a party viewpoint to be expressed.
As president, he de-activated the party organisation, chose non-party members for key cabinet posts and encouraged the nomination of outsider candidates for public office (pp. 241-48).
In many cases the party body had exclusive powers of appointment, while in others it had veto power over nominations made by subordinate party or non-party bodies.
