Both Uses of
defendant
in
David Copperfield
- I have already some acquaintance with the law — as a defendant on civil process — and I shall immediately apply myself to the Commentaries of one of the most eminent and remarkable of our English jurists.†
Chpt 34-36 *
- 'Another writ has been issued (in His Majesty's High Court of King's Bench at Westminster), in another cause of HEEP V. MICAWBER, and the defendant in that cause is the prey of the sheriff having legal jurisdiction in this bailiwick.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(defendant) a person or institution legally accused or sued in court