Accused
Defendant
Defendant noun - A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused.
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Synonyms for Defendant
Accused is a synonym for defendant in law topic. You can use "Accused" instead the word "Defendant" as a noun or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as suspect.
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Related pairs
- correspondent and accused
- correspondent and defendant
- panel and accused
- panel and defendant
- suspect and accused
- suspect and defendant
- criminal and accused
- criminal and defendant
- miscreant and accused
- miscreant and defendant
- offender and accused
- offender and defendant
- prisoner and accused
- prisoner and defendant
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What they're trying to do is go for jury nullification* When a jury imposes their own interpretation of the law, resulting in an defendant's acquittal; ensuring that, guilty or not, the defendant can never again be tried for the crime of which they are accused.
Source: Film / A Time to Kill - Every single character is in violation of the law or ethics at some point-including the judge, who during his introductory song freely admits that he's guilty of the very crime the defendant is accused of.
Source: Hollywood Law -
It turns out that Dan is the one who committed the crime the defendant was accused of, although Dan didn't realize that.
Source: Courtroom Episode
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