Wondering how to use Defendant in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as suspect.
Defendant in a sentence
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Defendant meaning
Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending.
Synonyms of Defendant
Defendant vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Defendant
- The main meaning on this page is: Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending.
- Useful related words include: suspect, litigant, litigator, plaintiff.
- Possible Dutch translations are: verdachte, verweerder.
- In the example corpus, defendant often appears in combinations such as: the defendant, defendant to, defendant had.
Example sentences (20)
He stressed that the defendant even denied committing the offence and as such there was no prima facie case linking the defendant to the offence.
In the course of presenting its case, the prosecution called eight witnesses to testify against the defendant and closed its case on Feb. 27, 2023, when the court directed the defendant to open her defence.
Judge Shaun Smith KC asked the defendant: “Do you have £500,000, Mr Zeqiri”, to which the defendant replied: “I wish”.
The court observed that CNN argued that the defendant’s business is “offering of news services” is a complete answer to the defendant’s submission that CNN’s lawsuit is bad for lack of territorial jurisdiction.
The defendant's wife and mother tried to stop the defendant from taking hold of the baby.
The Leader reports she is currently charged with a single rape of a child, which is defined in this case as unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim, if the victim is between eight and 13-years-old.
The male defendant acknowledged on the witness stand last week that he had grabbed Boyd through the window of his Toyota Hilux and started driving away about 2.30am as he was headed back to the couple’s Ponsonby apartment with the co-defendant.
The test balances four factors: The length of the delay, the reason for the delay, the defendant’s assertion of this right and the prejudice to the defendant.
Unlike in other jurisdictions, Fulton County arraignments — where a defendant first appears in court — are generally set after a defendant completes the booking process.
He said: “The victim was at the pub and saw the defendant outside and spoke to the defendant about his past actions when (the victim) testified against him.
Mamza urged the court to convict and sentence the defendant based on evidences adduced by the prosecution and the plea entered by the defendant.
September 7-25 - Defendant Questioning: From the third trial, defendant questioning took place.
The charges allege the defendant engaged in sexual intercourse with a 16 year old minor by forcible compulsion (rape), and engaged in sexual intercourse with a minor under 18 years of age who was a relative of the defendant (incest).
The Counsel for the defendant, Adeola Awe, urged the court to grant the defendant bail, promising that he would not jump bail.
The counsel for the defendant, Mr. Adeyemi Egbebi, urged the court to grant the defendant bail, with a promise that he would not jump bail.
The defendant fled from the scene on foot, but Hard Rock security and surveillance were able to identify the defendant by his player's card information.
After the defendant has been served the summons, the next thing is for the defendant to give a response to the complaint you have raised.
Counsel for the first defendant, K. O. Obamugie asked the court to adjourn for a reasonable length of time to enable the defendant recover properly in order to be able to face his trial.
Defendant Malinda Mier, right, cries in court while viewing photos of victims during a preliminary hearing for the Alpine fire case with co-defendant Adolfo Orozco, left, at the Regional Justice Center on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, in Las Vegas.
Idama further told the court that after committing the act, the defendant started begging her not to tell anybody, adding that her father subsequently lodged a complaint with the police station the following day, leading to the arrest of the defendant.
Common combinations with defendant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the defendant 169×
- defendant to 13×
- defendant had 12×
- defendant was 9×
- defendant is 9×
- defendant in 8×
- defendant who 7×
- defendant and 4×
- defendant has 4×
- defendant may 4×