Associations to the word «Defendant»
Noun
- Incarceration
- Filing
- Burden
- Offence
- Judge
- Jus
- Clause
- Accused
- Tice
- Retardation
- Convict
- Crime
- Sanity
- Defense
- Accomplice
- Prejudice
- Custody
- Petition
- Murder
- Copyright
- Discretion
- Breach
- Fairness
- Dismissal
- Dissent
- Malice
- Intoxication
- Case
- Complaint
- Allegation
- Competence
- Bargain
- Detention
- Conduct
- Default
- Hearing
- Punishment
- Victim
- Denial
- Disregard
- Petit
- Tribunal
- Cutler
- Omission
- Defendant
- Magistrate
- Rape
- Provocation
- Credibility
- Offender
- Warrant
- Psychiatrist
- Miranda
Adjective
Wiktionary
DEFENDANT, noun. (legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.
DEFENDANT, noun. (legal) In criminal proceedings, the accused.
DEFENDANT, adjective. Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive.
Dictionary definition
DEFENDANT, noun. A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.