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Definition of defendant
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Defendant
(n.) One who
defends;
a
defender.
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Rejoin
::
Rejoin
(v. i.) To
answer,
as the
defendant
to the
plaintiff's
replication..
Prevaricate
::
Prevaricate
(v. i.) To
collude,
as where an
informer
colludes
with the
defendant,
and makes a sham
prosecution..
Defendant
::
Defendant
(a.)
Making
defense.
Surrejoinder
::
Surrejoin
(v. i.) To
reply,
as a
plaintiff
to a
defendant's
rejoinder..
Process
::
Process
(n.) The whole
course
of
proceedings
in a cause real or
personal,
civil or
criminal,
from the
beginning
to the end of the suit;
strictly,
the means used for
bringing
the
defendant
into court to
answer
to the
action;
-- a
generic
term for writs of the class
called
judicial..
Oyer
::
Oyer (n.) A
hearing
or an
inspection,
as of a deed, bond, etc., as when a
defendant
in court prays oyer of a
writing..
Innuendo
::
Innuendo
(n.) An
averment
employed
in
pleading,
to point the
application
of
matter
otherwise
unintelligible;
an
interpretative
parenthesis
thrown
into
quoted
matter
to
explain
an
obscure
word or
words;
-- as, the
plaintiff
avers that the
defendant
said that he
(innuendo
the
plaintiff)
was a
thief..
Set-off
::
Set-off
(n.) A
counterclaim;
a cross debt or
demand;
a
distinct
claim filed or set up by the
defendant
against
the
plaintiff's
demand.
Plaintiff
::
Plaintiff
(n.) One who
commences
a
personal
action
or suit to
obtain
a
remedy
for an
injury
to his
rights;
--
opposed
to
defendant.
Surrendered
::
Surrejoinder
(n.) The
answer
of a
plaintiff
to a
defendant's
rejoinder.
Bill
::
Bill (n.) A
declaration
made in
writing,
stating
some wrong the
complainant
has
suffered
from the
defendant,
or a fault
committed
by some
person
against
a law..
Nolo Contendere
::
Nolo
contendere
() A plea, by the
defendant,
in a
criminal
prosecution,
which,
without
admitting
guilt,
subjects
him to all the
consequences
of a plea of
quilty..
Crossbill
::
Crossbill
() A bill
brought
by a
defendant,
in an
equity
or
chancery
suit,
against
the
plaintiff,
respecting
the
matter
in
question
in that
suit..
Prevaricator
::
Prevaricator
(n.) A sham
dealer;
one who
colludes
with a
defendant
in a sham
prosecution.
Nontenure
::
Nontenure
(n.) A plea of a
defendant
that he did not hold the land, as
affirmed..
Traverse
::
Traverse
(a.) To deny
formally,
as what the
opposite
party has
alleged.
When the
plaintiff
or
defendant
advances
new
matter,
he avers it to be true, and
traverses
what the other party has
affirmed.
To
traverse
an
indictment
or an
office
is to deny it..
Party
::
Party (v.) The
plaintiff
or the
defendant
in a
lawsuit,
whether
an
individual,
a firm, or
corporation;
a
litigant..
Withernam
::
Withernam
(n.) A
second
or
reciprocal
distress
of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first
distress
and have been
eloigned;
a
taking
by way of
reprisal;
--
chiefly
used in the
expression
capias
in
withernam,
which is the name of a writ used in
connection
with the
action
of
replevin
(sometimes
called
a writ of
reprisal),
which
issues
to a
defendant
in
replevin
when he has
obtained
judgment
for a
return
of the
chattels
replevied,
and fails to
obtain
them on the writ of
return..
Taxable
::
Taxable
(a.) That may be
legally
charged
by a court
against
the
plaintiff
of
defendant
in a suit; as,
taxable
costs..
Counsel
::
Counsel
(n.) One who gives
advice,
especially
in legal
matters;
one
professionally
engaged
in the trial or
management
of a cause in
court;
also,
collectively,
the legal
advocates
united
in the
management
of a case; as, the
defendant
has able
counsel..
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