DEFENDANT  , in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person against whom proceedings are instituted or directed; one who is called upon to See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer in any suit . At one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root 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

time the See also:

• TERM

term " defendant " had a narrower meaning, that of a person sued in a See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• ACTION

action only, the corresponding term in a real action being " See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant," but the distinction is now practically disregarded, except in a few states of the See also:

• UNITED

United States .