Both Uses of
defendant
in
Chasing Lincoln's Killer
- He put on trial only eight defendants: Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen, Edman Spangler, and Samuel Mudd.†
p. 182.2defendants = people (or institutions) legally accused or sued in court
- An officer left the War Department and delivered death warrants to the defendants Mary Surratt, David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Lewis Powell.†
p. 187.4 *
Definition:
a person or institution legally accused or sued in court