noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
acquitted
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An all-white jury acquitted the defendants , despite videotaped evidence which documented the killings in detail.
allow
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In fact an unreasonable use of the product might allow the defendant three different arguments in his own defence.
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On Dec. 30 the Majlis approved a bill allowing defendants the right to legal representation in court.
charge
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The indictment is the document which charges the defendant with the offence.
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The prosecutors charged eighty-five defendants , including forty-four law enforcement officers.
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The taskforce has so far charged 544 defendants and won 385 convictions.
convict
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The possibility that Clinton might grant pardons for convicted Whitewater defendants is a non-issue.
hold
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It was held that the defendant had infringed copyright by copying the two-line moving cursor menu.
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The statutory provision was held to prevent the defendant from relying on any form of the volenti defence.
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She sought discovery of psychiatric reports held by the defendants who were the education authority.
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It was held that the defendant was liable in trespass.
pay
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Money paid by the defendant is appropriated first to reducing the principal debt and then towards the interest.
prove
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It is then for the prosecutor to prove that the defendant did so intend or was aware.
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It is sufficient for the prosecutor to prove that the defendant intended to participate in an act of fighting.
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The plaintiff must prove that the defendant fell below the relevant standard of care.
require
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This is because the crime of indecent assault requires the defendant to do something to the victim.
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If the complaint is proved, a nuisance order is made requiring the defendant to get the necessary work done.
serve
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The court will automatically serve the defendant by post following receipt of the request for a summons unless the plaintiff otherwise requests.
show
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Is it necessary to show that the defendant subjectively knew of the dishonest design or merely that he ought to have known?
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It must show that the defendant had this knowledge or recklessness at the time he made the statement.
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Before this defence has any role to play it must be shown that the defendant has committed a tort.
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The plaintiff must show that the defendant has turned a blind eye to truth in order to advance an ulterior object.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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According to the defendant , the heroin was destined for the New York City area.
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Each of the three defendants was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder.
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The defendant pleaded not guilty.
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The police officer said the defendant had resisted arrest.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But here there was no mistake on the part of the defendant either of law or fact.
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During the trial, several prosecution witnesses reportedly retracted incriminating statements they had earlier made against the defendants.
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He has this right in relation to goods which the defendant owns at the time the sheriff receives the writ.
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She appealed against the defendants being given bail for fear they would interfere with witnesses who could help police inquiries.
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The legal system flounders in its own morass of indefensible defendants, incoherent witnesses, and injudicious jurists.
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The possibility that Clinton might grant pardons for convicted Whitewater defendants is a non-issue.
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There are six defendants altogether, including the third defendant, and separate claims are made against three groups of defendants.
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There were defendants and their lawyers, defendants and their pals, defendants and their families.