All 7 Uses

defendant
in
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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"The court appreciates your offer," the judge said, "but I doubt there's any precedent for a defendant acting as counsel for the plaintiff.†
p. 186.1

defendant = a person or institution legally accused or sued in court
A good lawyer can challenge the evidence, maybe even turn it around to the defendant's advantage.†
p. 200.1
The defendants, he said, were young, foolish, clean-cut, and honest.†
p. 207.7

defendants = people (or institutions) legally accused or sued in court
The foreman handed a piece of paper to the clerk, who stood up and read from the paper: " 'We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of murder.'†
p. 233.5

defendant = a person or institution legally accused or sued in court
When we interview prospective jurors, we're gonna ask 'em, 'Would you have a problem if you learned that a defendant was a homosexual?'†
p. 268.7
The foreman hands a piece of paper to the clerk, who reads the verdict aloud: "We find the defendant guilty of murder."†
p. 290.7 *
The victim was an out-of-control, drunk, drug-addicted kid with a history of violence, and the defendant was a frightened, angry, nonviolent older man with no criminal record.†
p. 351.9

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