One charged with having commited a criminal offense.
Definition of Accused
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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
One charged with having commited a criminal offense.
The person against whom an accusation is made. "Accused" is the generic name for the defendant in a criminal case, and is more appropriate than either "prisoner" or "defendant" 1 Car. & K. 131.