{"id":8945,"date":"2017-11-21T16:20:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8945"},"modified":"2017-11-21T17:32:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T17:32:25","slug":"defendant-a-person-sued-in-a-civil-proceeding-or-accused-in-a-criminal-proceeding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8945","title":{"rendered":"Defendant – a person sued in a civil proceeding or accused in a criminal proceeding"},"content":{"rendered":"

defendant<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>(14c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A person sued in a civil proceeding or accused in a criminal proceeding.<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Abbr. D. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The person against whom an action is brought.\u00a0 Also see<\/em> respondant.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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