Definition of Defendant

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Definition of Defendant
	Defendant Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive. Making defense. One who defends; a defender. A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff. Related Definitions: Action, An, Answer, Defender, Defense, Defensive, For, In, Make, Making, One, Opposed, Or, Person, Plaintiff, Required, Serving, Suit, Suitable, To, Who

Defendant Quotations

Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview with Dan Rather. It happened to be not confidential. But it was an interview with Dan Rather.
Floyd Abrams

I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial.
Constance Baker Motley

When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and feel that that person represents you and will understand you, that that person is reflective of our community and of our society.
Michael Bloomberg

I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.
Joseph Wambaugh

The grand jury, composed of 12 eminent New Orleans citizens, heard our evidence and indicted the defendant for participation in a conspiracy to assassinate John Kennedy.
Jim Garrison

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant of the impartial jury to which he or she is entitled under the law.
Byron White

The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.
Alan Dershowitz

To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.
Potter Stewart

A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city or nationwide arena.
Tom C. Clark

Defendant Translations

defendant in Dutch is aangeklaagde, beklaagde, beschuldigde
defendant in German is Angeklagter, Beklagter, Angeklagte
defendant in Latin is reus
defendant in Swedish is svarande

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