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defendant
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- respondent
- Follows
- suspect
- Said to be same as
- defendant
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- female form of label
- Ugeklot
- male form of label
- Ugekloten
- P8168
- Dipterus
- opposite of
- prosecutor
- Commons category
- Defendants
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Criminal defendants
- Civil defendants
- England and Wales
- See also
- References
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In court proceedings, a defendant is a person or object who is the party either accused of committing a crime in criminal prosecution or against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case.
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