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defendant

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) defendant (noun)
  2. 2) defendant (adjective)

1de·fen·dant

noun
\di-ˈfen-dənt, in legal circles often -ˌdant\

Definition of DEFENDANT

: a person required to make answer in a legal action or suit — compare plaintiff
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Examples of DEFENDANT

  1. The jury believed that the defendant was guilty.

First Known Use of DEFENDANT

14th century

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with DEFENDANT

appendant, ascendant, attendant, dependent, descendant, impendent, intendant, transcendent

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