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Definition of defendant
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Defendant
(n.) One who
defends;
a
defender.
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Nonjoinder
::
Nonjoinder
(n.) The
omission
of some
person
who ought to have been made a
plaintiff
or
defendant
in a suit, or of some cause of
action
which ought to be
joined..
Avowant
::
Avowant
(n.) The
defendant
in
replevin,
who avows the
distress
of the
goods,
and
justifies
the
taking..
Recompensation
::
Recompensation
(n.) Used to
denote
a case where a
set-off
pleaded
by the
defendant
is met by a
set-off
pleaded
by the
plaintiff.
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..
Prevaricate
::
Prevaricate
(v. i.) To
collude,
as where an
informer
colludes
with the
defendant,
and makes a sham
prosecution..
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..
Suitress
::
Suitor
(n.) One who
attends
a court as
plaintiff,
defendant,
petitioner,
appellant,
witness,
juror,
or the
like..
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..
Cognizor
::
Cognizor
(n.) One who
acknowledged
the right of the
plaintiff
or
cognizee
in a fine; the
defendant.
Surrejoinder
::
Surrejoin
(v. i.) To
reply,
as a
plaintiff
to a
defendant's
rejoinder..
Garnishment
::
Garnishment
(n.)
Warning
to a
person
in whose hands the
effects
of
another
are
attached,
not to pay the money or
deliver
the goods to the
defendant,
but to
appear
in court and give
information
as
garnishee..
Surrein
::
Surrebuter
(n.) The reply of a
plaintiff
to a
defendant's
rebutter.
Joinder
::
Joinder
(v. t.) A
joining
of
parties
as
plaintiffs
or
defendants
in a suit.
Codefendant
::
Codefendant
(n.) A joint
defendant.
Defendant
::
Defendant
(n.) One who
defends;
a
defender.
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..
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..
Cognovit
::
Cognovit
(n.) An
instrument
in
writing
whereby
a
defendant
in an
action
acknowledges
a
plaintiff's
demand
to be just.
Taxable
::
Taxable
(a.) That may be
legally
charged
by a court
against
the
plaintiff
of
defendant
in a suit; as,
taxable
costs..
Pleadings
::
Pleadings
(n. pl.) The
mutual
pleas and
replies
of the
plaintiff
and
defendant,
or
written
statements
of the
parties
in
support
of their
claims,
proceeding
from the
declaration
of the
plaintiff,
until issue is
joined,
and the
question
made to rest on some
single
point..
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