Sentence examples for is defendant from inspiring English sources
noun
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.
8 The United States is defendant.
Right now he is defendant Saddam Hussein, but if tomorrow he becomes a president, you may call him Mr. President, and I will call him that, too". Special correspondents K.I.
So it is held that, in cases where he is the plaintiff, an infant of very tender years is only bound to take the precautions of which an infant is capable; the same principle may be cautiously applied where he is defendant...
What is defendant going to do?…that's my understanding.
The military justice system is defendant friendly.
One question is "Do We Have Evidence?" If the answer is no, the next question is "Can We Make Some Up?" Another question: "Is Defendant Elderly, Disabled, or Poor?" If so, the recommendation is "Sue, Use Good Lawyers" (bbspot.com).
There is now a substantial volume of circuit and Supreme Court authority interpreting important provisions of the act, most of which is defendant-friendly, and district court judges are applying that fairly well-developed law to weed out the poorer cases.
"He's Defendant No. 28," Salah said.
M. HERZOG: Was Defendant Speer present at this conference!
The surety and the developers are defendants.
