Difference between Accused and Defendant

ACCUSED vs DEFENDANT: NOUN

A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
The party against which an action is brought.
In criminal proceedings, the accused.
One who defends against an assailant, or against the approach of evil or danger; a defender.
In law, a party sued in a court of law, whether in a civil or a criminal proceeding; one who is summoned into court, that he may have opportunity to defend, deny, or oppose the demand or charge, and maintain his own right.
One who defends; a defender.
A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff.
In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.

Defensive; proper for defense.
In law, making defense; being in the attitude of a defendant: as, the party defendant.
The person being sued or accused

Arraigned, Reproached, Implicated, Faulted, Blamed, Sentenced, Criticized, Arrested, Convicted, Alleged, Suspected, Indicted, Charged, Defendant, Suspect

Applicant, Indictee, Prosecutor, Convict, Litigant, Offender, Perpetrator, Complainant, Appellee, Respondent, Claimant, Plaintiff, Appellant, Accused, Suspect

Arraigned, Reproached, Implicated, Faulted, Blamed, Sentenced, Criticized, Arrested, Convicted, Alleged, Suspected, Indicted, Charged, Defendant, Suspect

Attorney, Applicant, Prosecutor, Convict, Litigant, Offender, Perpetrator, Complainant, Appellee, Respondent, Claimant, Plaintiff, Appellant, Accused, Suspect

Joshua Cockburn; the latter was accused of corruption.
South who has been falsely accused of theft.
The response by one who is accused of a crime; the answer the law requires of a defendant who is accused.
The Fifth Amendment: Rights of the Accused, Due Process of the Law, and Eminent Domain Rights of the Accused.
The newspaper accused Cosby and his administration of rigging elections, and accused the governor of numerous crimes.
If the Review Board concludes that the accused is fit, the accused is returned to court for a hearing.
Accused shoplifters, and parents of minors accused of the crime, often receive demands on behalf of retailers for hundreds of dollars.
An exculpatory statement made by an accused to police one day after arrest is hearsay and inadmissible at trial before the accused testifies.
Part for the release of the accused until the accused is sentenced.
Accused prisoners of war, accused persons inoccupied territory, and accused civilian internees must be allowed to receive visits fromtheir legal counsel.

Defendant since the victim was two years old and that the Defendant was a close family friend.
Solution can streamline attachment request domestic defendant was called; defendant was arrested was sent.
Within local county attachment domestic defendant was arrested was called; defendant was a report taken?
It bears mention that the first defendant is the sole member of the third defendant.
Trooper asked why defendant rented a car to travel from CA to OH, but defendant had no answer.
Womble and defendant interacted; defendant shoved Womble during the incident.
Declaratory Judgment claim against Defendant Beltran, nor does he mention Defendant Beltran by name in his TAC.
Trooper stopped defendant for traffic violation and had defendant come back to the patrol car.
Defendant manufacturer moved for SJ, which was denied and defendant appealed.
The state has arrested the defendant, charged the defendant with eyewitness who knows that the state believes the defendant is the culprit.