codefendant
Joint trial participant
A codefendant is a person charged alongside another in the same legal case.
When multiple people face accusations arising from the same incident or conspiracy, each is a codefendant to the others: The prosecutor offered a plea deal if she would testify against her codefendants.
Joint schemer
- accompliceCrime's willing helper
- accessorySupplementary addition
- confederateAllied partner in schemes
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
abettor · complicit · collusion · implicated · alleged · scheme · plot · conspiracy
Charge-reading court session
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- pleaFormal request or defense
- bailCourt-set release payment
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
docket · cross-examination · testimony · evidence · witness · allegation · prosecution · attorney
Legal decision-making body
- verdictOfficial court decision
- convictionFirmly held belief
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
guilty · deliberation · appeal · judgment · punishment · liability · damages · restitution
Gathering for celebration
- litigantParty in lawsuit
- co-respondentThird party in divorce
- severedCut off completely
- joinedLinked or united
coconspirator
Joint schemer
- accompliceCrime's willing helper
- accessorySupplementary addition
- confederateAllied partner in schemes
collaborator · abettor · complicit · collusion · implicated · alleged · scheme · plot · conspiracy
arraignment
Charge-reading court session
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- pleaFormal request or defense
- bailCourt-set release payment
subpoena · docket · cross-examination · testimony · evidence · witness · allegation · prosecution · attorney · counsel
jury
Legal decision-making body
- verdictOfficial court decision
- convictionFirmly held belief
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
sentencing · guilty · deliberation · appeal · judgment · punishment · liability · damages · restitution · ruling
party
Gathering for celebration
- litigantParty in lawsuit
- co-respondentThird party in divorce
- severedCut off completely
- Co- wordscoauthor, coexist, cooperate, coordinate, coworker
codefendantplaintiff
Civil case initiator
prosecutor · complainant · accuser · petitioner · claimant