defendant

Etymology 1
From, borrowed from , present participle of , from.

Adjective

 * 1) Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending.

Etymology 2
From, borrowed from , nominalisation of ; see above.

Noun

 * 1)  In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.
 * 2)  In criminal proceedings, the accused.

Usage notes
In Canadian and Philippine law, defendant is generally used only for a party being sued civilly; a person being tried criminally is the.

Derived terms

 * codefendant

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Arabic: مُدَّعًى عَلَيْهِ, مُتَّهَم, مُتَّهَمَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: абвінава́чаны, абвінава́чаная, абвінава́чваны, абвінава́чваная, падвiно́ўны, падвiно́ўная, адка́зчык, адка́зчыца, падсу́дны, падсу́дная, падсудзі́мы, падсудзі́мая
 * Bengali: মুদ্দালেহ
 * Bulgarian:, , отве́тник, отве́тничка, отве́тница, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, , , , žalovaný, žalovaná
 * Danish: indstævnte
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: akuzito, akuzitino
 * Estonian: kaebealune
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * Georgian: მოპასუხე
 * German:, , , , , , ,
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Ancient: κατηγορούμενος, κατηγορουμένη
 * Hebrew:, נאשמת
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: accusato
 * Irish: cosantóir
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ចុងចោទ
 * Korean:
 * Latin: reus
 * Macedonian: обвинет, обвинета, оптуженик, оптуженичка
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: kaikaro, whakatuaki
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: anklagede
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, , , pozwana
 * Portuguese:, , , acusada
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бра̑њенӣк, бра̑њеница), оптужѐнӣк, оптужѐница
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovak: žalovaný, žalovaná, obžalovaný, obžalovaná
 * Slovene: obtoženi, obtožena
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: звинува́чений, звинува́чена, відповіда́ч, відповіда́чка, підсу́дний, підсу́дна, обвинува́чуваний, обвинува́чувана
 * Urdu: مدعا علیہ
 * Vietnamese: