| 单词 | defendant |
| 释义 | defendant (dɪfendənt ) Word forms: defendants countable noun A defendant is a person who has been accused of breaking the law and is being tried in court. Investors were victimised while the defendants got rich. Synonyms: accused, respondent, appellant, litigant Collocations: defendant denies The defendant denies unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. The Sun The defendant denies the charges. Times, Sunday Times Things are more difficult when the defendant denies actual knowledge. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Large numbers of relatively simple cases involving low-level offending where the defendant pleads guilty, need not involve lawyers or go to a formal court hearing, he says. Times, Sunday Times The defendant pleads not guilty, your honor. Christianity Today If the defendant pleads guilty then he can be sentenced in either court. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If the defendant pleads guilty or no contest, the court sentences the defendant or places the defendant on probation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If a defendant pleads not guilty, previous convictions are not usually made known to the jury during the trial. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such an application, however, appeared to cut across a defendant's right to silence and the right against self-incrimination. Times,Sunday Times But judge-alone trials highlight the need to balance the aims of bringing criminals to book and ensuring a defendant's right to a fair trial. Times, Sunday Times Nobody wants the right to jury trial to be eroded but this measure retains a defendant's right to choose a crown court trial. Times,Sunday Times It would be profoundly unfair to hamper a defendant's right to have individual representation of a barrister of their choice and treat all defendants as a job lot. Times, Sunday Times Toolkits had been produced on how to treat vulnerable witnesses fairly and to get the best from them, without undermining the defendant's right to a fair trial. Times, Sunday Times Lawyers warn that if a juror publicly declares intent to find a defendant guilty, it may be grounds for a re-trial. Times, Sunday Times The jury took four hours to find the defendant guilty of the lesser charge. Times, Sunday Times The investigation found many examples of jurors claiming to have made their minds up before hearing all the evidence, or intending to find the defendant guilty regardless. Times, Sunday Times Only then, if the judge concluded that there was no case on which the jury could properly convict, could he direct the jury to find the defendant not guilty. Times, Sunday Times In a statement, the force said it had made a 'continuous effort to find the defendant'. Times, Sunday Times How many malicious allegations made on the slenderest of evidence result in an innocent defendant being put through the ordeal of a trial? Times, Sunday Times They also said innocent defendants might be tempted to plead guilty rather than risk a long sentence. The Sun The episode reflects badly on a system in which vexatious libel suits can prove so costly to innocent defendants. Times, Sunday Times As long as we have plea bargaining, he maintains, innocent defendants should be free to use these pleas to enter advantageous plea bargains without lying. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In trials with multiple defendants there may be restrictions on the number of defence barristers who could question a witness. Times, Sunday Times Lengthy cases involving multiple defendants are now tried by a handpicked panel of specialist judges. Times, Sunday Times Rulings of the court included limitation of the lower courts' ability simultaneously to try multiple defendants, multiple indictments and disparate counts within an indictment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They continue to work more highly complex cases involving multiple defendants with more emphasis placed on investigating and dismantling entire organizations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The rule creates an issue in criminal prosecutions of multiple defendants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was not to punish a defendant a second time for conduct for which he would already have been sentenced. Times, Sunday Times The principle contended for here by the plaintiff would entail the award of damages not to compensate the plaintiff but to punish the defendant. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The prosecution accused them of fraud and attempted to punish the defendants by holding criminal trials. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 First, the barrister who will represent the defendant at the trial would not yet have been appointed, and the defence do not want to entrust the cross-examination to someone else. Times, Sunday Times The court may appoint a legal practitioner to represent the defendant and order the plaintiff to pay the costs of such representation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cases will be tried by military judges with military lawyers representing the defendants. Times, Sunday Times The thing in action had no market value at or immediately after completion as the equity of redemption represented the defendant's down-payment. Times, Sunday Times He proposed a brief tte--tte with a lawyer representing the defendant. Globe and Mail The plaintiff sued the defendant for interference with contract. Christianity Today When that failed, the former board members sued the defendants, alleging breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud. Christianity Today The plaintiff sued the defendant for defamation, and a jury found in his favor and awarded him $125,000 in damages. Christianity Today On seeing that document the claimants sued the defendant for defamation. Times, Sunday Times He sued the defendant in libel because it had published an article, which, although of opaque meaning, he considered to have referred to him to his detriment. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 被告 Japanese: 被告人 |
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