1$('#thisid').closest('li');
2
3// `closest()` is equivalent to (but performs better than)
4$('#thisid').parents('li').eq(0);
5$('#thisid').parents('li').first();
6

1 $("label[for='filter-category']").parent().remove();
2

1$( "li.item-a" )
2  .closest( "ul" )
3  .css( "background-color", "red" );

1$(document).ready(function(){
2  $("span").parent();
3});

1/*
2For accessing parent element details by using reference of children element.
3Just Take a look on below example:
4*/
5
6<div id="parentDiv">
7	<p>Child paragraph element</p>
8</div>
9
10$(document).ready(function(){
11  alert($("p").parent().attr("id"));  // output: parentDiv
12});
13
14/*
15I hope it will help you.
16Namaste
17*/

1$(this).parents("tr:first");
2