DEFENDANT

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DEFENDANT , in law, a

person

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

against whom proceedings are instituted or directed; one who is called upon to

answer

ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
as swear)

in any suit. At one

time

TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
TIME, STANDARD

the

term

TERM

" defendant " had a narrower meaning, that of a

person

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

sued in a

personal

PERSONAL

action only, the corresponding

term

TERM

in a real action being "

tenant

TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

," but the distinction is now practically disregarded, except in a few states of the

United

UNITED

States.

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