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potential defendant

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meanings of potentialand defendant


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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk /pəˈten.ʃəl/ us /poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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defendant
noun[C]
uk /dɪˈfen.dənt/ us /dɪˈfen.dənt/
a person in a law case who is accused of having done ...
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Examples of potential defendant


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On the expiry of the same period a potentialdefendant is freed from an obligation to which he would have been liable five minutes before.
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One understands and shares the desire not to inflict unnecessary humiliation on any potentialdefendant.
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They may say: if the offences are never brought to book in another country, why should we penalise a potentialdefendant in this country?
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At present, the police officer is required to caution a suspect specifically in terms that the potentialdefendant is not obliged to say anything.
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However, without it they both lose and perhaps the potentialdefendant has been unjustly enriched.
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The rules of court may provide that a potentialdefendant can in some circumstances oppose the application for leave.
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Nevertheless, a potentialdefendant would still have to bring himself within those exemptions.
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It may seem hard that a potentialdefendant may have a claim hanging over him for very many years.
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In deciding whether to refer alleged contravention for investigation with a view to prosecution, officials will consider the history of previous enforcement actions in relation to the potentialdefendant.
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The difficulty of ascertaining liability and causation is one which inures to the advantage of a potentialdefendant, among others the medical attendant, and not to his disadvantage.
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It is not only the would-be plaintiff in this case, meritorious as his case may be, who has to be considered, but also the potentialdefendant.
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Once an employee decides to make a claim directly against his employer, the employee at that moment is a potential plaintiff, and his employer a potentialdefendant.
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Of course, a statute cannot deprive a potentialdefendant of diplomatic immunity if the state in respect of which he claims it is not a party to the statute.
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The fourth item states expected attitudes of a potentialdefendant and plaintiff in discussions of settling a civil suit.
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Others, with the interest of potential defendants in mind, argued that the proposed 15-years is too long.
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I wonder whether it is in the interests of either potential defendants or plaintiffs if the balance is tipped towards lawyers.
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Having carefully considered that advice, further inquiries are in hand in relation to certain potential defendants.
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But we have to consider not only the position of potential plantiffs; we have to be fair to potential defendants.
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That is of course beneficial to potential defendants.
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Without the amendments potential defendants could challenge any decision taken to prosecute on the basis that the prosecution was not the most cost-effective solution.
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