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To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.
Potter Stewart

Meaning of "defendant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFENDANT

defendant  [dɪˈfɛndənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFENDANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defendant can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DEFENDANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Defendant

A Defendant is a person or entity accused of a crime in criminal prosecution or a person or entity against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case. Terminology varies from one jurisdiction to another. For example, Scots law does not use the term "defendant"; the terms "accused" or "panel" are used instead in criminal proceedings, and "defender" in civil proceedings.)...

Definition of defendant in the English dictionary

The definition of defendant in the dictionary is making a defence; defending.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFENDANT


abundant
əˈbʌndənt
appendant
əˈpɛndənt
ascendant
əˈsɛndənt
ascendent
əˈsɛndənt
attendant
əˈtɛndənt
co-dependent
ˌkəʊdɪˈpɛndənt
dependant
dɪˈpɛndənt
dependent
dɪˈpɛndənt
descendant
dɪˈsɛndənt
descendent
dɪˈsɛndənt
independent
ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt
intendant
ɪnˈtɛndənt
interdependent
ˌɪntədɪˈpɛndənt
pendant
ˈpɛndənt
pendent
ˈpɛndənt
pretendent
prɪˈtɛndənt
resplendent
rɪˈsplɛndənt
splendent
ˈsplɛndənt
superintendent
ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛndənt
transcendent
trænˈsɛndənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFENDANT

defence in depth
defence mechanism
defence secretary
defenceless
defencelessly
defencelessness
defenceman
defences
defend
defendable
defender
Defender of the Faith
defending
defending counsel
defenestrate
defenestration
defensative
defense
defenseless
defenselessly

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFENDANT

care attendant
cloakroom attendant
codefendant
commandant
demandant
en attendant
extendant
flight attendant
fondant
in the ascendant
lift attendant
nonredundant
overabundant
parking attendant
pool attendant
pretendant
pump attendant
redundant
regardant
superabundant
train attendant

Synonyms and antonyms of defendant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEFENDANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «defendant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of defendant

Translation of «defendant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFENDANT

Find out the translation of defendant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of defendant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «defendant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

被告
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acusado
570 millions of speakers

English

defendant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिवादी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُدَّعَى عَلَيْه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обвиняемый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

réu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিবাদী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

accusé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Defendan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Angeklagter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

被告人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

피고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Didakwa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bị đơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரதிவாதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिवादी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sanık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

imputato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oskarżony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обвинувачений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

acuzat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εναγόμενος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verweerder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svarande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tiltalte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of defendant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFENDANT»

The term «defendant» is very widely used and occupies the 20.483 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFENDANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «defendant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «defendant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about defendant

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10 QUOTES WITH «DEFENDANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word defendant.
1
Floyd Abrams
Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview with Dan Rather. It happened to be not confidential. But it was an interview with Dan Rather.
2
Michael Bloomberg
When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and feel that that person represents you and will understand you, that that person is reflective of our community and of our society.
3
Howie Carr
The higher someone's profile, the easier it is for a defendant to trade him up to the feds. Mr. Big is always a better catch than Mr. Small.
4
Tom C. Clark
A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city or nationwide arena.
5
Alan Dershowitz
If you're a prosecutor, and you believe the defendant is guilty, you only talk about ultimate truth, but not intermediate truth. If you're the defense attorney, you care deeply about intermediate truth, but you tend to neglect ultimate truth.
6
Alan Dershowitz
The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.
7
Jim Garrison
The grand jury, composed of 12 eminent New Orleans citizens, heard our evidence and indicted the defendant for participation in a conspiracy to assassinate John Kennedy.
8
Constance Baker Motley
I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial.
9
Jed S. Rakoff
Why should the court impose a judgment in a case in which the SEC alleges a serious securities fraud, but the defendant neither admits nor denies wrongdoing?
10
Potter Stewart
To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFENDANT»

Discover the use of defendant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defendant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Defendant: a psychiatrist on trial for medical malpractice : ...
The author recounts the story of her ten-million-dollar malpractice suit against her Chicago psychiatrist
Sara C. Charles, Eugene C. Kennedy, Eugene Kennedy, 1986
2
The Defendant
A. DEFENCE. OF. NONSENSE. There are two equal and eternal ways of looking at this twilight world of ours: we may see it as the twilight of evening or the twilight of morning; we may think of anything, down to a fallen acorn, as a descendant ...
Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1972
3
State of Florida Vs. Ruby McCollum, Defendant
On August 3, 1952, Ruby McCollum, a wealthy African American wife, walked into C. Leroy Adams' doctor's office and fired three shots into his body. The murder trial that followed is recorded in this volume.
C. Arthur Ellis, Jr., 2007
4
Defendant Rights: A Reference Handbook
Defendant. Rights. versus. Victim. Rights. So far, we have concentrated on the procedural rights that criminal defendants enjoy in the U.S. system of criminal prosecution. The question has been raised as to whether the victims of crime have ...
Hamid R. Kusha, 2004
5
The Effects of Defendant Race, Psychological Expert Witness ...
While none of the original hypotheses were supported, post-hoc analyses revealed several significant findings.
Lily Cheyanne (Manick). Munavu, 2008
6
Sean Nathan Healy, Defendant, and Shalese Rania Healy and ...
FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS I. Defendant Defrauded Investors 14. Since at least 2005, Defendant has obtained millions of dollars from individuals by promising to invest the money in securities and/or commodities, including initial public offerings ...
Fred Block
7
Vencent A. Donlan, Defendant, and Robin D. Colls Donlan, ...
... operated or would operate as a fiaud or deceit upon other persons. 26. By engaging in the conduct described above, defendant violated, and unless restrained and enjoined will continue to violate, Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act, 15U.
Morgan Doran
8
Jurors' Discussions of a Defendant's History of Child Abuse ...
Margaret C. Stevenson. JURORS' DISCUSSIONS OF A DEFENDANT'S HISTORY OF CHILD ABUSE AND ALCOHOL ABUSE IN A CAPITAL CASE Capital cases are among the few types of cases in which jurors, not judges, render sentences.
Margaret C. Stevenson, 2008
9
Abraham Lincoln, Defendant: Lincoln's Most Interesting Lawsuit
The deposition of Henry E. Dummer of Beardstown, Illinois, states that he has been a practicing attorney at that place since 1837; that he had been slightly acquainted with Robert S. Todd and had known the defendant Lincoln for many years ...
William H. Townsend, 1923
10
Defendant's Rights Today
Without the assistance of counsel most persons accused of crimes are not likely to have an adequate defense. A defendant needs a lawyer as urgently as a sick man needs a doctor, and in many instances even more urgently, for while nature  ...
David Fellman, 1977

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFENDANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term defendant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hayleigh Wilson in court as defendant
It's Hayleigh Wilson's first full day reunited with her family and she spent part of it in Hawkins County Juvenile Court. «WCYB, Jul 15»
2
Defendant pleads not guilty in Pier 14 killing
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, (left) leads Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, into the Hall of Justice in San Francisco, Calif. on Tues. «SFGate, Jul 15»
3
Defendant in robbery case waives hearing
NEOSHO, Mo. — A rural Webb City woman waived her right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on a charge that she robbed a friend at gunpoint ... «Joplin Globe, Jul 15»
4
This Defendant Ripped A Huge One And Gave New Meaning To …
An alleged criminal learned the hard way not to disturb a judge during proceedings. During a set of routine preliminary hearings, one of the ... «UPROXX, Jul 15»
5
Murder defendant's mental health in question
She recommended that the defendant be relocated to a mental health center to avoid further deterioration of his mental health because of ... «Joplin Globe, Jul 15»
6
Santa Fe woman latest defendant sentenced in drug-peddling scheme
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — MaryAnn DeStefano, 54, of Santa Fe, was sentenced today (Tuesday, July 7) n Albuquerque federal court to five ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
7
Nursing home thefts defendant enters guilty plea
DANVILLE — A woman who had worked for an outside agency doing laundry and housekeeping at an area nursing home has admitted to ... «Sunbury Daily Item, Jul 15»
8
Defendant pleads guilty, jury goes home
Defendant pleads guilty, jury goes home. Story · Comments. Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default font size: Larger font size. «The Times, Jul 15»
9
Former Newnan banker defendant in south Georgia case
Former Newnan banker Trae D. Dorough is one of 11 defendants in a lawsuit stemming from the failure of a south Georgia bank. Montgomery ... «Newnan Times-Herald, Jul 15»
10
Court of Appeals orders Durham judge to reconsider whether …
... condition, understanding or coherence, which are relevant factors in determining whether a defendant's Miranda waiver is truly involuntary. «The Independent Weekly, Jul 15»

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