defense fund
Courtroom expense pool
A defense fund is money collected to pay for someone's legal representation, typically when the accused cannot afford adequate counsel or when supporters rally behind a cause.
Defense funds often emerge around high-profile cases or political prosecutions: The nonprofit set up a defense fund for the whistleblower.
The term sometimes extends to resources pooled for any organized resistance: The union's strike defense fund.
- legalPermitted by statute
- legal aidFree attorney services
- pro bonoFree professional services
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- bailCourt-set release payment
charity · donation · fundraiser · attorney · court · court costs · legal fees · advocacy · justice · support · solidarity · campaign · victim · accused · wrongful conviction · due process · crowdfunding · appeal
- EU budgetbudget control, customs duties, bailouts, budget negotiations, budget surplus
- advocacy groupsadvocacy group, lobbying groups, lobby group, NAACP, lobby groups
- union resourcesunion dues, union hall, union rep, membership card, shop steward