Codefendant

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Codefendant \Co`de*fend"ant\, n.
     A joint defendant. --Blackstone.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  co-defendant
       n : a defendant who has been joined together with one or more
           other defendants in a single action [syn: {codefendant}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  codefendant
       n : a defendant who has been joined together with one or more
           other defendants in a single action [syn: {co-defendant}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CO-DEFENDANT. One who is made defendant in an action with another person.