Collocations withdefendant

These are words often used in combination withdefendant.

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convicted defendant
In the second stage, the stage at which the convicted defendant receives the sentencing "discount" for committing an attempted and not a completed crime, there are no epistemological shortcomings left.
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criminal defendant
Of course the criminal defendant whose liberty and reputation are at risk should have unhindered access to advice and representation.
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indigent defendant
This may be relatively easy, in the case of a dispute against an insured party, or extremely difficult, in the case of an uncooperative, transient, or indigent defendant.
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individual defendant
It would have been wrong for the magistrates alone to decide that they would be the forum which would try an individual defendant.
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innocent defendant
Is it in the interests of an innocent defendant to do so?
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potential defendant
On the expiry of the same period a potential defendant is freed from an obligation to which he would have been liable five minutes before.
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