Defendant – a person sued in a civil proceeding or accused in a criminal proceeding

defendant:
(14c)

1. A person sued in a civil proceeding or accused in a criminal proceeding. – Abbr. D. [1]

1. The person against whom an action is brought.  Also see respondant. [2]

References:

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4

[2]:  Ballantine’s Law Dictionary Legal Assistant Edition
by Jack Ballantine 
(James Arthur 1871-1949).  Doctored by Jack G. Handler, J.D. © 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.  ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.

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