Meaning of defendant | Babel Free

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1. The party against which an action is brought.
2. one against whom a legal action or suit is brought in a court.
3. A person against whom an action has been brought in court.
4. Law. A person against whom an action is brought:Law: accused, respondent.
5. a person accused or sued in a law-court. verweerder, gedagvaarde مُدَّعى عَلَيْهِ ، مُتَّهَم обвиняем réu obžalovaný der Angeklagte tiltalte; sagsøgte κατηγορούμενοςdemandado, acusado kostja متهم؛ مدعی علیه vastaaja accusé, ée, défendeur, deresse נאשם प्रतिवादी optuženik, okrivljenik alperes terdakwa verjandi imputato 被告 피고인 kaltinamasis apsūdzētais defendan beklaagdeanklagede, saksøkteoskarżony, pozwany (حق) مدافعه كوونكى، متهم، تورن réu acuzat, inculpat, pârât обвиняемыи; ответчик obžalovan...
6. a person who defends (someone or something). the defenders of the castle. verdediger حامٍ، مُدافِع، نَصير защитник defensor obhájce; obránce der Verteidiger forsvarer; fortaler υπερασπιστήςdefensor kaitsja مدافع puolustaja défenseurמגן रक्षक, रखवाला branitelj, zaštitnik védő pembela verjandi, verndari difensore 擁護者 방어자 gynėjas aizstāvis pembela verdedigerforsvarerobrońca مدافع defensor apărător защитник obranca branilec branitelj försvarare ผู้ปกป้อง savunucu 防禦者 захисник, оборонець محافظ یا ...
7. protective or resisting attack. a defensive attitude; defensive action. defensief, verdedigende optrede دِفاعي، وِقائي защитен defensivo obranný verteidigend defensiv; forsvars- αμυντικόςdefensivo kaitse- تدافعی puolustus- défensif הֲגַנָתִי रक्षात्मक obrambeni, zaštitnički védekező defensif varnar- difensivo 防御的な 방어적인 apsauginis, gynybos aizsardzības-; aizsargājošs defensif defensiefforsvars-, defensiv obronny دفاغ، ځان ساتنه، دجملې په مقابل كې مقاومت، په دلايلو له خپلو كړو مدافعه، په لوبو ك...
8. (Law) a person against whom an action or claim is brought in a court of law. Compare plaintiff
9. making a defence; defending
10. n → Angeklagte(r) mf; (in civil cases) → Beklagte(r) mf
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