English
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Etymology
From defend + -ant

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-defendant.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. law:In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.
2. law:In criminal proceedings, the accused.

Related terms

respondent

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Related terms)
trans-top|person prosecuted or sued
Czech: obžalovaný m, obvin�ný m, žalovaný m
Finnish: t+|fi|vastaaja
French: inculpé
German: Angeklagter m, Angeklagte f
Hebrew: נ�ש� (ne'esham) m, נ�ש�ת (ne'eshemet) f
Interlingua: accusato
trans-mid
Japanese: 被� (��� hikoku)
Portuguese: réu m, ré f; acusado m, acusada f
Russian: обвин�ем�й (obvin'ájemyj) m, о�ве��ик (otv'ét�ik) m, под��дим�й (podsudímyj) m
Serbian: branjenik m, branjenica f
Slovene: obtoženi m, obtožena f
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cs:defendant
fr:defendant
pt:defendant
fi:defendant
ta:defendant
te:defendant
vi:defendant
zh:defendant

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