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UK
/dɪfˈɛndənt/
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[ US /dɪˈfɛndənt/ ]
[ US /dɪˈfɛndənt/ ]
NOUN
- a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
How To Use defendant In A Sentence
- The defendant was released on bail until his trial next year. Times, Sunday Times
- The defendant cannot justify one libel by proving the truth of another distinct libel.
- They have worked in the media for many years and are well versed in the pain thresholds of defendant libel lawyers. Times, Sunday Times
- If you should be convinced by argument, not only that the pamphlet before you is not a libel, but that almost all those political writings, which it has been the habit of certain people, taking up the cry from their leaders, to call libels, are not merely not dangerous but beneficial to political society; is it possible to conceive, that you can be induced to pronounce a verdict of guilty against the defendant! A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father
- The defendants in the libel case maintain that their allegations are true.
- The police claimed that reports in the media were slanted against/towards the defendant.
- Dunstan: Dunstan: “What happens if the program administrator refuses to certify that the defendant “completed” the program on the grounds that the defendant refused to agree with certain teachings?” The Volokh Conspiracy » Stringent Constitutional Limits on Anger Management Classes, Anti-Drug/Alcohol-Abuse Classes, or Even Traffic School as Alternatives to Prosecution?
- Much of the defendant's evidence focused on his long-term condition myasthenia gravis. Times, Sunday Times
- The consecutive statements, allegations, and counterallegations made in turn by plaintiff and defendant, or prosecutor and accused, in a legal proceeding.
- So long as the defendant does not communicate his intention, he commits no offence.