The court may hear the case immediately or set a date for the trial. While under the ordinary procedure, the plaintiff must lodge a statement of complaint with the people’ s court, copies of which will be sent to the defendant by the court.

法院或派出法庭可以当即审理，也可以另定日期审理。而在普通程序中，原告必须向法院提交诉状，诉状的副本将由法院发送给被告。

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The court decided the case against the defendant

法院判决该案于被告不利。

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The court takes the view that the defendant do not publish the defamation maliciously.

法院认为被告没带恶意地发表了诽谤言论。

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As the law reads, the defendant is guilty.

根据法律条文载明，被告有罪

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Intentional torts include battery, assault, false imprisonment, trespass to real property, trespass to personal property, conversion of personal property, fraud, defamation, trade libel, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, interference with economic or contractual relationships, and breach of privacy. All require some willful act in breaching a duty owed to the plaintiff by the defendant .

故意侵权包括殴打，侮辱，非法拘禁，侵犯他人不动产。侵犯他人动产，侵占他人个人财产，欺诈，破坏名誉，商业诽谤、诬告、滥用诉讼程序，故意妨碍经济或合同关系和侵犯隐私。所有故意侵权行为均需以被告未履行其对原告义务的故意行为为要件。

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The two parties to a contract may specify in writing, the jurisdiction of the people’s court of their choice with regard to the defendant ’s registered address

合同的双方当事人可以在书面合同中协议选择被告住所地、

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Or at the place where the vehicles or ships first arrived, or at the place where the aircraft first landed, or at the place where the defendant is registered.

或者车辆、船舶最先到达地、航空器最先降落地或者被告住所地人民法院管辖。

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or if the object of the action is located within the territory of the PRC, or if the defendant has distrainable property within the territory of the PRC, or if the defendant has its representative office within the territory of the PRC, the People’s court of the place where the contract is signed or performed,

或者诉讼标的物在中华人民共和国领域内，或者被告在中华人民共和国领域内有可供扣押的财产，或者被告在中华人民共和国领域内设有代表机构

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Even if the defendant ’s conduct meets the requisite legal standard for liability, several possible barriers may prevent recovery

即使被告的行为达到了必须负法律责任的标准，有几种障碍也可能会阻止追究。

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The case proceed notwithstanding the objection of the defendant or the defendant’s objection notwithstanding.

尽管被告反对，拆讼照常进行。

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At first the situation seemed to be hopeless, but then everything turned in the defendant ’s favor.

开始时,情况仿佛毫无希望,可是不久,一切都变得对被告有利了。

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Two weeks before the trial, at discovery proceedings, defendant ’s counsel had objected to the FBI document and made a pretrial motion to have it barred from evidence

开庭前两周，被告律师在审前的案情介绍会议上曾对联邦调查局的书面证据提出异议，要求将它排除在证据之外。

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or where the object of the action is , or where the defendant ’s distrainable property is located, or where the torts are done , or where the defendant’s representative office is located, shall have jurisdiction.

可以由合同签订地、合同履行地、诉讼标的物所在地、可供扣押财产所在地、侵权行为地或者代表机构住所地人民法院管辖。

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Still another, the law stipulates that the plaintiff may relinquish or modify his claims and the defendant may admit or rebut the claims and shall have the right to file counterclaims.

另外还有一点。民诉法规定:原告可以放弃或变更诉讼请求，被告可以承认或者反驳诉讼请求，有权提起反诉。

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The barrister represented to the court that the defendant was mentally unstable.

律师向法庭陈述被告精神不正常。

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The defendant was given the verdict of "not guilty.".

那名被告被判无罪。

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The jury convicted the defendant of manslaughter.

陪审团判定被告犯有杀人罪

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The foreman stated that the jury found the defendant not guilty.

陪审团主席宣布说陪审团认定被告无罪。

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The jury found against the defendant .

陪审团作出了对被告不利的判决。

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The prosecutor had positive proof of the defendant ’s guilt.

起诉人掌握有证明被告有罪的确凿证据

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The robbery was pinned on the wrong defendant .

抢劫罪判错原告了。

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The attack on this defendant , by the district attorney, seemed too unfair and uncalled-for, that was all

区检察官对这位被告的攻击似乎太不公正，太无道理，我的话完了。

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The people’s court may summon coercively a defendant who must appear at the hearing, but has refused to do so without proper reason after two summons.

人民法院对必须到庭的被告，经两次传票传唤，无正当理由拒不到庭的，可以拘传。

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The people’s court shall, within five days of filing a case, send a copy of the indictment to the defendant , the defendant shall, within 15 days of receiving the copy, present a written reply.

人民法院应当在立案之日起五日内将起诉状副本发送被告，被告在收到之日起十五日内提出答辩状。

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If the harm is divisible and there is a reasonable basis for apportionment of damages, each defendant is liable only for the portion of the harm he himself caused

如果损害可以明确划分，并且有一个按比例分配伤害的合理基础，每个被告仅为他所引起的损害负责。

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If in a civil action in respect of a case involving foreign element, the defendant raises no objection to the jurisdiction of a people’s court and responds to the action by making his defence, he shall be deemed to have accepted that this people’ s court has jurisdiction over the case.

涉外民事诉讼的被告对人民法院管辖不提出异议，并应诉答辩的，视为承认该法院为有管辖权的法院。

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A defendant ’s answer to the declaration made by the plaintiff in a civil action.

申诉民事诉讼中被告对原告所做的陈述状的回答

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Yes. Parties to a civil action are called-plaintiff and defendant in the ordinary procedure of first instance and summary procedure. While in procedure of second instance they are called appellant and appellee.

是的。民事诉讼当事人在第一审程序和简易程序中称为原告和被告，而在第二审程序中称为上诉人和被上诉人。

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First, the plaintiff must be a citizen, legal person or any other organization that has a direct interest in the case. Second, there must be definite defendant .

首先原告必须是与本案有直接利害关系的公民、法人和其他组织。第二、必须有明确的被告。

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The appellate court, after examining the record, found sufficient evidence from which the jury could infer that the individual defendant knew that the disposition of the waste was improper

受理上诉的法院经过查阅案卷之后，发现足够的证据，从这些证据中，陪审团推论出，个别被告人确实知道处置废物是不当的。

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