[CO- 3 c.] Joint defendant, defendant in conjunction (with).
1640–4. Prynne’s Petition, in Rushw., Hist. Coll., III. (1692), I. 74. Denying him Access to his Councel, and Conference with his Co-defendants.
1768. Blackstone, Comm., III. xi. (Jod.). Any landlord may, by leave of the court, be made a co-defendent to the action.
1885. Law Times’ Rep., LII. 642. Two persons who were made co-defendants.
