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Another word for defendant

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defendant

n.

the accused, defense, respondent, litigant, appellant, offender, prisoner at the bar, party; see also prisoner.

Antonyms accuser*, complainant, plaintiff.

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Another word for defendant

noun

(Law)

A person against whom an action is brought:

(Law) accused, respondent. See law

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When a divorce is granted, the defendant is not permitted to marry other than the plaintiff for three years, unless the plaintiff dies.
When a defendant was of rank superior to that of the plaintiff, distress had to be preceded by troscad (=fasting).
A libel suit he instituted in London against Sir Valentine Chirol for statements made in Indian Unrest (1910) ended in a verdict for the defendant with costs (Feb.
22 Similarly in Job the bne Elohim, sons of God, appear as attendants of God, and amongst them Satan, still in his role of public prosecutor, the defendant being Job.
The judges at Babylon seem to have formed a superior court to those of provincial towns, but a defendant might elect to answer the charge before the local court and refuse to plead at Babylon.

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