The phrase "and defendants in a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts, typically when discussing parties involved in a legal case or proceeding.
Example: "The court will hear the arguments from the plaintiffs and defendants in a civil lawsuit next week."
Alternatives: "and parties in a" or "and respondents in a".
Reporting restrictions for both the claimant and defendant in a rape case had been introduced in the 1976 Sexual Offences (Amendments) Act.
Reporting restrictions for both the claimant and defendant in a rape case were introduced in the 1976 Sexual Offences (Amendments) Act.
James E. Jackson Jr., a civil rights activist, former official of the American Communist Party and defendant in a case that led the Supreme Court to rule that the Smith Act of 1940 did not prohibit the advocacy of violent revolution, died on Saturday in Manhattan.
I believe that it is common journalistic practice to name both plaintiff and defendant in a civil suit -- which has now been filed -- and I am surprised that The Times and other mainstream media are not doing so.
The other case is related to some phone taps Judge Garz?rdered of conversations between lawyers and defendants in prison in a broadly publicized corruption case incriminating top politicians of the opposition Popular Party.
One juror Googling an issue in evidence risks the time and weeks of work the entire jury is putting in listening to all the evidence and the efforts of plaintiffs and defendants in putting on a trial.
His name had turned up on a list of donors to an Islamic charity that helped finance the bombing, and defendants in the case referred to a "Sheikh Osama" in a recorded conversation.
One missing element was the failure to investigate evidence of much wider involvement by some of its key military and police defendants in a longer history of unlawful and criminal activity in Turkey, or in serious human rights abuses against the civilian population.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, a Republican and defendant in this case, is a front-runner in next year's governor race and supports the amendment.
First, these institutions bring citizens and defendants closer in a jurisprudential process that is both therapeutic and accountable.
