DEFENDANT, in law, a person against whom proceedings are instituted or directed; one who is called upon to answer in any suit.
Defendant: The person defending or denying a suit.
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Defendant - The person defending or denying a suit.
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Defendant at Legal Glossary What is it? The person against whom a lawsuit is filed. In certain states, and in certain types of lawsuits, the defendant is called the respondent. Compare plaintiff, petitioner.
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Defendant: In a civil case, such as an car accident lawsuit, the defendant is the person against whom a civil action is brought.
Defense attorney: The attorney who represents the defendant.
Defendant: In a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths.
Defendant: The spouse who defends against the lawsuit brought against him or her by the other spouse.
Deferred Annuity: An income stream that begins at some time in the future.
Defendant - The person who is charged with a crime.
Defense Attorney - The attorney representing the accused (defendant).
Delinquency Proceedings - See Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings.
defendant - The accused in a criminal case; the person from whom money or other recover is sought in a civil case.
Defendant - The person defending or denying a suit.
Defense of property - Affirmative defense in criminal law or tort law where force was used to protect one's property.
DEFENDANT
The person, company or organization who defends a legal action taken by a plaintiff and against whom the court has been asked to order damages or specific corrective action redress some type of unlawful or improper action alleged by ...
Defendant - 1 (criminal) Person charged with a crime. 2. (civil) Person against whom a civil action is brought.
Defense attorney - The attorney who represents the defendant.
Defendant The spouse against whom the case is brought.
Deposition A form of discovery that consists of oral questioning outside the courtroom.
Discovery Obtainment of information from the other spouse or from others.
DEFENDANT: the person the case is brought against.
DISCOVERY: a way for getting information from the other side or other people.
defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. Back to Previous Page
defense table: The table where the defense lawyer sits with the defendant in the courtroom.
Defendant - In a civil case, the party denying or defending itself against charges brought by a plaintiff. In a criminal case, the person charged with an offense.
Defendant - a person accused of a crime or a person being sued in a civil action.
De Jure - Latin meaning in law or lawfully.
Dismissal with Prejudice - prevents an identical lawsuit from being filed later.
Defendant: Someone against whom a civil case is brought. It is also used to describe the accused in criminal cases.
defendant: the party against whom a complaint (or criminal charge) is filed.
Defendant
1. The person defending an action in a civil case, the person being sued.
2. The person defending an action in a criminal case, the person accused of having committed a crime.
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DEFENDANT The person defending or denying; the party against whom relief or recovery is sought in an action or is accused in a criminal case.
Defendant
In a civil proceeding, the party being sued; in criminal proceedings, the accused.
Deliberation
A process by which jurors reach a verdict; the act of weighing and examining evidence.
defendant: the party being sued or the party accused of committing the offense charged
deliberation: the process by which a panel of jurors comes to a decision on a verdict
de novo: From the beginning, a new trial.
DEFENDANT - The person accused of a crime.
DEPOSITION - The testimony of a witness not taken in open court, but given under oath before a court reporter pursuant to authority given by statute or court rule, ...
DEFENDANT: In criminal cases, the person accused of the crime. In civil matters, the person or organization that is being sued.
DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN: A type of retirement plan that specifies how much in benefits it will pay out to a retiree.
Defendant: In civil cases, the person who is given court papers, also called a respondent. In criminal cases, the person who is arrested and charged with a crime.
Defendant
In a civil case, the person being sued. In a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Deferred payment
The court's granting additional time to pay a fine.
defendant The party defending or denying; as distinguished from the plaintiff in a civil case or the prosecution in a criminal case.
DEFENDANT IN ERROR. A party against whom a writ of error is sued out.
DEFENDER, canon law. The name by which the defendant or respondent is known in the ecclesiastical courts.
Term: Defendant
Definition: In a civil proceeding, the party being sued; in criminal proceedings, the accused.
Term: Deliberation
Definition: A process by which jurors reach a verdict; the act of weighing and examining evidence.
Defendants often claim actual innocence when appealing criminal convictions. To prove actual innocence, the defendant must submit additional evidence that undermines the court's confidence in the verdict reached by the trier of fact.
Defendants contend that the forum in which the statement is made can be considered only in the second half of the Pickering test, i.e.
Defendant
In a criminal case, this is the person being prosecuted, generally by the CPS. In a civil case, the action is brought against this person.
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Defendant: The person against whom a lawsuit or prosecution has been brought. In a civil suit this is the person from whom a plaintiff seeks relief. In a criminal action, the defendant is the accused.
A defendant's written response to a plaintiff's initial court filing (called a complaint or petition).
A defendant may also be shielded by the limitations statutes, deprived of the support of the common law if the conduct has gone without complaint for a specified period of time, such as, for example, 20 years, ...
Where a defendant in a civil case has not filed a defence or has not complied with court procedures, the claimant can make an application for judgment in default.
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" Co-defendant When two or more defendants are sued in the same case, they are called co-defendants. Color of Law Color of law is that characteristic of an individual who acts as a judge, police officer, mayor, or other public official.
Respondent: The defendant in a divorce.
Response: The formal document filed by the defendant (respondent) to answer the complaint or summons.
nominal party
n. a defendant or a plaintiff included in a lawsuit because of a ...
nominee
n. 1) a person or entity who is requested or named to act for ano...
The person being sued is generally called the "defendant" or the "respondent.
Counterclaim An action brought by the defendant in an existing action against the plaintiff, which is usually tried with the plaintiff's claim. Cross Claim An action brought between co-defendants or co-plaintiffs in an existing action.
In criminal cases a change of venue will be permitted if for example the court feels that the defendant cannot receive a fair trial in a given venue because of prejudice.
So, too, would spontaneous statements made by the defendant during or right after the crime. Some laws even allow res gestae statements to be introduced in evidence in special kinds of prosecutions.
Class action: Legal action taken by a number of different persons where the facts and the defendants are similar.
Aggravated damages - Highly exceptional damages awarded by a court where the circumstances of the tortious act by the defendant have been particularly humiliating and/or malicious towards the plaintiff/victim.
In a civil case, the verdict would be a finding for the plaintiff or for the defendant. Videlicet Latin for "to wit" or "that is to say." "Viz.", which is the abbreviation of videlicet, is much more commonly used.
money award that the judgment of a court requires the defendant in a suit to pay to the plaintiff as compensation for the loss or injury inflicted. Damages are the form of legal redress most commonly sought.
: a doctrine or rule of evidence in tort law that permits an inference or presumption that a defendant was negligent in an accident injuring the plaintiff on the basis of circumstantial evidence if the accident was of a kind that does not ordinarily ...
At common law, a defendant may "crave oyer" of the writ, bond or other specialty upon which the action is brought; that is, petition to "hear" it read.
Special and highly exceptional damages ordered by a court against a defendant where the act or omission which caused the suit, was of a particularly heinous, malicious or highhanded nature.
The interests of the state are represented by a prosecuting attorney, while the interests of the defendant are represented by his defense attorney or by the defendant as pro se, acting as his own attorney.
arraignment: the defendant is advised of the charge against him or her and the rights he or she has. Bail is set. If the charge is a misdemeanor the defendant enters a plea in the Magistrate's Division.
In the USA, this is one of the initial documents issued in a civil suit; giving the defendant notice of the claim and an opportunity to defend it. The summons also gives the court which issues it the authority to dispose of the matter.
To establish Negligence in the legal sense it is necessary to prove that the defendant owed the claimant a duty of care and that he breached that duty by failing to observe the standards of the reasonable person.
Damages may be awarded if a court decides that a defendant has either been negligent or broken a contract and foreseeable damage or loss results. The measure of damages in negligence is to compensate the plaintiff for foreseeable losses or damage.
Plea - The first pleading by a criminal defendant, the defendant's declaration in open court that he or she is guilty or not guilty. The defendant's answer to the charges made in the indictment or information.
Third party complaint - A petition filed by a defendant against a third party (not presently a party to the suit) which alleges that the third party is liable for all or part of the damages plaintiff may win from defendant.
 See also: Defend, Law, Court, Person, State
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