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noun
1.
Law. a person, company, etc., against whom a claim or charge is brought in a court (opposed to plaintiff).
2.
Obsolete. defender.
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Defendant
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So is bankrupt. Does it mean:
| a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like |
| a person who is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law |
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| defendant (dɪˈfɛndənt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Compare plaintiff a person against whom an action or claim is brought in a court of law |
| —adj | |
| 2. | making a defence; defending |
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Word Origin & History
defendant
c.1400, in the legal sense, from Fr. défendant, prp. of défendre (see defend). General sense of "defender" is from 1530s; earliest use in English was as a prp. meaning "defending" (eary 14c.).
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The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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