defendant
Origin of defendant
Examples from the Web for defendant
Contemporary Examples of defendant
The complaint continues, “During this period of time, defendant escaped police custody.”
“Defendant moved his hands in a manner so as to avoid the application of handcuffs to his wrists,” the complaint says.
They obtained a gag order against the defendant and his lawyers restricting what they could say about the case for several months.
“He might want 50 of this size and 40 of these,” said Crowder, who has been named as a defendant in dozens of lawsuits.
“The defendant told me he did not want to go back so jail,” the affidavit says.
Historical Examples of defendant
In all this Eleazer had the air of conducting the case for the defendant.
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
And you, Cabasse, have you nothing to say either for or against the defendant?
The DownfallEmile Zola
Rufus Choate represented the defendant and Daniel Webster the plaintiff.
The Age of InventionHolland Thompson
The witness remembered how at the inquiry the defendant Ray had defended his accomplice.
The Shadow of a CrimeHall Caine
Did any one accompany the defendant to St. Pancras that night?
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
defendant
- a person against whom an action or claim is brought in a court of lawCompare plaintiff
- making a defence; defending
Word Origin and History for defendant
c.1400, in the legal sense, from French défendant, present participle of défendre (see defend). Earliest use in English was as a present participle adjective meaning "defending" (c.1300).
defendant
The party that is being sued in court. (Compare plaintiff.)