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noun

Defendant n.

One who defends; a defender. "The rampiers and ditches which the defendants had cast up."

(Law) A person required to make answer in an action or suit; opposed to plaintiff. Note: The term is applied to any party of whom a demand is made in court, whether the party denies and defends the claim, or admits it, and suffers a default; also to a party charged with a criminal offense.

adjective

Defendant adj.

Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive. (Obs.) "With men of courage and with means defendant."

Making defense.

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Etymology of 'Defendant'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Defendant" Quotes from Famous Books

... is taken to his corner by his client and dosed with another L100. Then all his ardour returns. He sees the thing as clear as daylight—the radiant innocence of the plaintiff, the black perfidy of the defendant. To-morrow evening the vision will have faded again, but another L100 will make it as plain as ever. Yes, it is a good word—"refresher"—a candid word, an honest word. It puts the relation on a sound business footing. There is no ...

— Pebbles on the Shore • Alpha of the Plough (Alfred George Gardiner)

... November, 1841. Webb made a public retraction of the statements upon which the second indictment was found; and this was accepted on the part of the prosecution. On the trial for the first indictment the jury disagreed. The defendant objected to Cooper's summing up the case, and this objection the court sustained. It was a wise policy: for the trials in the civil suits showed that the novelist was full as effective in addressing a jury orally as he ever was in ...

— James Fenimore Cooper - American Men of Letters • Thomas R. Lounsbury

... defendant stand up," said Cornelius, "and receive the just and merciful sentence of the Court for licentious and disgraceful conduct unbecomin' a supercargo. The defendant says he has no money. Very well. The Court regrets ...

— A Son Of The Sun • Jack London

... Digest of Dustbin Law, and recommend it to the perusal of every householder. In the case of The Vestry of Shoreditch v. Grimes, Lord Justice SLUSH remarks—"The Vestry complains that the Defendant's bin was improperly covered; that, in fact, it was not under coverture. To this the Defendant replies that his bin was void ab initio, as there was nothing in it. Then the question arises whether the Defendant's Cook was justified in tipping ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, July 23, 1892 • Various

... in every important case. Each would have had its own version of the facts, the most telling points of which would have been reserved for the final edition on the eve of the verdict, and the fate of the prisoner or defendant would often have depended upon ...

— Human Nature In Politics - Third Edition • Graham Wallas

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