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Defendant

Defendant [Deft. Abbrev.], the person sued in an action, or indicted

A pro forma defendant is a defendant named as a matter of formality, who

defendant : the party against whom a criminal or civil action

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third-party defendant : a third party who is the object of a

Indigent defendant, means a person who is too poor to hire a

answering in a suit, whether for himself or another; the defendant in an appeal; the defendant in a suit in the

arrested for or formally charged with a crime : the defendant in a criminal case [the shall enjoy the right to

called 'the prisoner' if the crime be felony, and 'the defendant' if it be a misdemeanour.

cross-examination being generally conducted by the senior counsel for the defendant. If the defendant's counsel object to any question or any

By the (English) C.L.P. Act,1852, s. 120, a plaintiff or defendant having obtained a verdict in a cause tried out of

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