Defendant对应

A、thefinaldecisionbyacourtinalawsuit,criminalprosecutionorappealfromalowercourt'sjudgment,exceptforan"interlocutoryjudgment,"whichistentativeuntilafinaljudgmentismade.Theword"decree"issometimesusedassynonymouswithjudgment.
B、Toinstituteandcarryforwardlegalactionagainstforredressoresp.punishmentofacrime
C、Alawenactedbythelegislativebranchofagovernment
D、thepartysuedinacivillawsuitorthepartychargedwithacrimeinacriminalprosecution.Insometypesofcases(suchasdivorce)adefendantmaybecalledarespondent.