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Home Dictionary Name: accuse Page: 2Pro forma defendant
A pro forma defendant is a defendant named as a matter of formality, who typically has no direct responsibility for the harm alleged, but shares an interest with other defendants, such as being a co-owner of property or successor in interest. For example, a co-owner named on a deed or an heir who inherits property may be named as a pro forma defendant...
accusation
accusation 1 : a formal charge of wrongdoing, delinquency, or fault [the accused shall enjoy the right…to be informed of the nature and cause of the "U.S. Constitution amend. VI"] compare allegation, indictment, information 2 : the offense or fault of which one is accused [the was murder] ...
Any person not being the accused
Any person not being the accused, the words 'any person not being the accused' in s. 319 would cover any person who is not already before the Court in the case in which order under s. 319 is passed. It is the duty of the Court to bring before it any person who appears to have committed an offence and to convict and pass an appropriate order of sentence on proof of such person having committed the offence, Jarnail Singh v. State of Haryana, (2003) 9 SCC 328 (332). (Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 s. 319)...
defendant
defendant : the party against whom a criminal or civil action is brought see also answer, codefendant compare accused, plaintiff ...
Accusator post rationable tempus non est audiendus, nisi se bene de omissione excusaverit
Accusator post rationable tempus non est audiendus, nisi se bene de omissione excusaverit [Lat.], An accuser is not to be heard after a reasonable time unless he can account satisfactorily for the delay....
Accused
Accused, means the person or persons against whom a charge of crime or misdemeanour is brought, Webster Law Dictionary, p. 11.Means a person who has been blamed for wrongdoing; specifically a person who has been subjected to actual restraints on liberty through an arrest or a person against whom a formal indictment or information has been returned, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 22.Person charged with crime, commonly called 'the prisoner' if the crime be felony, and 'the defendant' if it be a misdemeanour....
Self accused
Accused by ones self or by ones conscience...
third-party defendant
third-party defendant : a third party who is the object of a third-party complaint ...
Indigent defendant
Indigent defendant, means a person who is too poor to hire a lawyer and who, upon indictment, becomes eligible to receive aid from a court appointed attorney and a waiver of court costs, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 777...
Accusation
Accusation, the formal charging of any person with a crime.Means a formal charge of criminal wrongdoing, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 22....
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