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Def: 1.a person who is sued in a civil case
Example: 1. The main parties in a civil suit are called the plaintiffs and the defendants.
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Def: 2. a person who is charged with a crime
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2. The murder defendant claimed that the killings of his wife and her lover were a crime of passion.
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