Definition of: defendant

(di·fen′dənt) adjective
1. Sustaining defense.
2. Obs. Defensive.
—noun
1. Law A person against whom an action is brought.
2. One who defends; a defender. [<F défendant, ppr. of défendre defend]

Most often used phrases:

criminal defendant
defendant guilty
named defendant
defendant acted
defendant committed
defendant knew
defendant appealed
defendant s
first defendant
defendant pleads
nominal defendant
defendant convicted
defendant argued
defendant made
main defendant

'defendant' used in domains:

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washington-defendant.com
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defendantnotguilty.com
drunkdrivingdefendants.com

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"defendant" has the frequency of use of 0.0003% on city-data.com forum

"defendant" has the frequency of use of 0.0007% on en.wikipedia.org.

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Definition of: defendant

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