criminal defence

collocation in English

meaningsofcriminalanddefence

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criminal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
relating ...
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defence
noun
uk
/dɪˈfens/us
/dɪˈfens/
the act of protecting someone or something against attack or ...
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(Definition ofcriminalanddefencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcriminal defence

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Are they against thecriminaldefenceservice?
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There is no need for a nationalisedcriminaldefenceservice.
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Clauses 12 to 17 set up thecriminaldefenceservice.
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I reserve my gravest reservations for the principle of thecriminaldefenceservice.
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Equally, we are going down the wrong road in seeking to provide acriminaldefenceservice.
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Moreover, there is almost complete vagueness on the subject of thecriminaldefenceservice.
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The lawyers who will work in thecriminaldefenceservice will be of the highest quality.
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One of them is 10 pages long and is exclusively devoted to thecriminaldefenceservice.
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What about the people involved in the preparation of acriminaldefence?
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All of the arguments about thecriminaldefenceservice have been canvassed exhaustively.
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Thecriminaldefenceservice will be able to employ lawyers—solicitors and barristers—directly.
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We could easily have acriminaldefencesystem without making advocates employees of the court.
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Salaried lawyers would be the lawyers employed by thecriminaldefenceservice.
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It creates acriminaldefenceservice which will replace criminal legal aid.
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The powers previously enjoyed by others will now be transferred to thecriminaldefenceservice.
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It was directed towards the principle of thecriminaldefenceservice.
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Those are directed in particular to the proposals to establish a salariedcriminaldefenceservice.
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Nevertheless, he said that the establishment of thecriminaldefenceservice is no big deal.
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Then we can have a trial with the proper criminal procedure and the propercriminaldefence.
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Those are directed in particular at the proposals to establish a salariedcriminaldefenceservice.
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There is no evidence of the need for acriminaldefenceservice.
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Thecriminaldefenceservice is a service to provide defence for alleged criminals.
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I come to what troubles me most: thecriminaldefenceservice.
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I, too, am uneasy about some aspects of thecriminaldefenceservice.
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There is no demand; there is no need for a statecriminaldefencesystem.
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