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defendant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | suspect |
| Type of | litigator, litigant |
| Has types | codefendant, accused, co-defendant |
| Derivation | defend |
Examples of defendant
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The newspaper says the city of Antioch is also named as a defendant in the suit.
From the sacbee.com
The state agency, a defendant in the lawsuit, declined to comment on the ruling.
From the sfgate.com
The purpose of the hearing was to read to the defendant the charges against him.
From the upi.com
Campbell herself suggested she was only tangentially connected to the defendant.
From the time.com
She is the last defendant standing in a case that has netted seven guilty pleas.
From the freep.com
A guilty plea was entered Tuesday by a ninth defendant in a separate proceeding.
From the timesunion.com
A fourth co-defendant, 22-year-old David Hernandez, was riding in the back seat.
From the dailyherald.com
Regular legal remedies such as appeals no longer apply once a defendant is dead.
From the online.wsj.com
Most juries will certainly want more of what the defendant actually said or did.
From the denverpost.com
- A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
- A defendant is a person or entity accused of a crime in criminal prosecution or a person or entity against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case.
- The Expounding of the Law, called by some the Antithesis of the Law, is a highly structured ("Ye have heard ... But I say unto you") part of the Sermon on the Mount in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It follows both the famed Beatitudes and the metaphors of salt and light.
- In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another; In criminal proceedings, the accused
- An individual (or business) against whom a lawsuit is filed.
- In a civil case, the person or organization sued by the plaintiff. In a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- The person defending or denying a suit.
- Arabic mudda'a alaihi lit. "A claim upon him."
- The party allegedly causing the plaintiff's loss in a negligence suit.
