Definition of defendant

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Defendant (n.) A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff.

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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..
Surrein :: Surrebuter (n.) The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
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..
Surrendered :: Surrejoinder (n.) The answer of a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.
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..
Respond :: Respond (v. i.) To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages..
Surrebuter :: Surrebut (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter..
Rejoinder :: Rejoinder (n.) The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.
Replication :: Replication (n.) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea..
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.
Reconvention :: Reconvention (n.) A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.
Nontenure :: Nontenure (n.) A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed..
Appellee :: Appellee (n.) The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant.
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..
Plaintiff :: Plaintiff (n.) One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.
Reply :: Reply (v. i.) To answer a defendant's plea.
Defendant :: Defendant (a.) Making defense.
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another..
Joinder :: Joinder (v. t.) A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit.
Cognovit :: Cognovit (n.) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
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