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- noun Plural form of
defendant .
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Obama, the Right and defendants 'rights yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Obama, the Right and defendants\ 'rights'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: This was yet another case where the Obama DOJ sided with the Bush administration and advocated the position that the conservative justices adopted.
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ALSO of interest in that story: "All but one of the defendants is a veteran."
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Among the defendants is the Danish cartoonist whose alleged crime was to draw in 2005 one of the Muhammad illustrations that instigators then used to spark Muslim riots around the world.
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If convicted on all charges and sentenced to the max, the Justice Dept. claimed, the main defendants would serve two consecutive lifetimes plus another 38 years in prison.
Roger Warner: When "Terrorism" Becomes Farce: How the DOJ Blew a Case, Ripped Off Taxpayers, and Violated National Security Policy Roger Warner 2010
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The extension to non-testifying defendants is not very persuasive.
Silent Signals, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Perhaps the two main defendants in that case would then give him a chance to think about his statement.
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The case against the TRM defendants is on hold while they are in bankruptcy proceedings.
Judge orders Bank of America to be defendant in real estate fraud case Tom Jackman 2010
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The complaint, which also named several current or former AIG executives as defendants, is seeking to represent a class of investors who purchased AIG's stock between March 2006 and September 2008.
Judge: AIG Must Defend Shareholder Suit Over Subprime Exposure Chad Bray 2010
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The case against the TRM defendants is on hold while they are in bankruptcy proceedings.
Judge orders Bank of America to be defendant in real estate fraud case Tom Jackman 2010
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The case against the TRM defendants is on hold while they are in bankruptcy proceedings.
Judge orders Bank of America to be defendant in real estate fraud case Tom Jackman 2010
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