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Definition of defendant
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Defendant
(n.) One who
defends;
a
defender.
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Avowant
::
Avowant
(n.) The
defendant
in
replevin,
who avows the
distress
of the
goods,
and
justifies
the
taking..
Elegit
::
Elegit
(n.) A
judicial
writ of
execution,
by which a
defendant's
goods are
appraised
and
delivered
to the
plaintiff,
and, if not
sufficient
to
satisfy
the debt, all of his lands are
delivered,
to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and
profits,
or until the
defendant's
interest
has
expired..
Seguestration
::
Seguestration
(n.) A
prerogative
process
empowering
certain
commissioners
to take and hold a
defendant's
property
and
receive
the rents and
profits
thereof,
until he
clears
himself
of a
contempt
or
performs
a
decree
of the
court..
Surrebuter
::
Surrebut
(v. i.) To
reply,
as a
plaintiff
to a
defendant's
rebutter..
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..
Fieri Facias
::
Fieri
facias
() A
judicial
writ that lies for one who has
recovered
in debt or
damages,
commanding
the
sheriff
that he cause to be made of the
goods,
chattels,
or real
estate
of the
defendant,
the sum
claimed..
Defendant
::
Defendant
(a.)
Serving,
or
suitable,
for
defense;
defensive..
Replication
::
Replication
(n.) The reply of the
plaintiff,
in
matters
of fact, to the
defendant's
plea..
Prevaricate
::
Prevaricate
(v. i.) To
collude,
as where an
informer
colludes
with the
defendant,
and makes a sham
prosecution..
Defence
::
Defence
(n.) The
defendant's
answer
or plea; an
opposing
or
denial
of the truth or
validity
of the
plaintiff's
or
prosecutor's
case; the
method
of
proceeding
adopted
by the
defendant
to
protect
himself
against
the
plaintiff's
action.
Suitress
::
Suitor
(n.) One who
attends
a court as
plaintiff,
defendant,
petitioner,
appellant,
witness,
juror,
or the
like..
Recover
::
Recover
(v. t.) To gain as a
compensation;
to
obtain
in
return
for
injury
or debt; as, to
recover
damages
in
trespass;
to
recover
debt and costs in a suit at law; to
obtain
title to by
judgement
in a court of law; as, to
recover
lands in
ejectment
or
common
recovery;
to gain by legal
process;
as, to
recover
judgement
against
a
defendant..
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..
Decide
::
Decide
(v. i.) To
determine;
to form a
definite
opinion;
to come to a
conclusion;
to give
decision;
as, the court
decided
in favor of the
defendant..
Factorize
::
Factorize
(v. t.) To give
warning
to; -- said of a
person
in whose hands the
effects
of
another
are
attached,
the
warning
being to the
effect
that he shall not pay the money or
deliver
the
property
of the
defendant
in his hands to him, but
appear
and
answer
the suit of the
plaintiff..
Nolle Prosequi
::
Nolle
prosequi
() Will not
prosecute;
-- an entry on the
record,
denoting
that a
plaintiff
discontinues
his suit, or the
attorney
for the
public
a
prosecution;
either
wholly,
or as to some
count,
or as to some of
several
defendants..
Default
::
Default
(v. t.) To call a
defendant
or other party whose duty it is to be
present
in
court,
and make entry of his
default,
if he fails to
appear;
to enter a
default
against..
Joinder
::
Joinder
(v. t.) A
joining
of
parties
as
plaintiffs
or
defendants
in a suit.
Discontinuance
::
Discontinuance
(n.) That
technical
interruption
of the
proceedings
in
pleading
in an
action,
which
follows
where a
defendant
does not
answer
the whole of the
plaintiff's
declaration,
and the
plaintiff
omits to take
judgment
for the part
unanswered..
Rebuttal
::
Rebuttal
(n.) The
giving
of
evidence
on the part of a
plaintiff
to
destroy
the
effect
of
evidence
introduced
by the
defendant
in the same suit.
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