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  1. Defendants

    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. Terminology varies from one jurisdiction to another. In Scots law, the terms "accused" or "panel" are used instead in criminal proceedings and "defender" in civil proceedings. Another term in use is "respondent".

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of defendants in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of defendants in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of defendants in a Sentence

  1. Dan Herbert:

    Our judicial system may not be perfect. However the bedrock of the system maintains that all defendants, including unpopular ones, are entitled to fair and impartial treatment, jason Van Dyke is prepared to serve Jason Van Dyke debt to society and move on with Jason Van Dyke life in a meaningful and productive manner.

  2. Jeremy Lieberman:

    We look forward to aggressively litigating our case and working to achieve a substantial recovery for harmed shareholders - the true victims of defendants' fraud.

  3. Judge Robert Hildyard:

    I would accept that the root of the problem that has ... apparently swamped the defendants and their advisers has been the enormous disclosure process - revealing, I am told, some 25 million documents, of which some 10 million are classed as 'unique'.

  4. Thomas Goldstein:

    The defendants are trying to buy something that is not for sale.

  5. The FBI:

    Defendants case is not an isolated one, but instead appears to be part of a program conducted by the PLA and specifically, the FMMU or associated institutions to send military scientists to the United States on false pretenses with false covers or false statements about their true employment.

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