The Defendant Sample Clauses
The "Defendant" clause identifies the party in a legal dispute who is being accused or sued. In legal agreements or court documents, this clause clarifies which individual or entity is required to respond to the claims brought by the plaintiff. For example, in a contract dispute, the defendant is the party alleged to have breached the agreement. The core function of this clause is to ensure clarity by explicitly designating the party responsible for defending against the legal action, thereby preventing confusion about the roles of the parties involved.
The Defendant. 18. The Defendant, the Attorney General of Canada, represents the Crown, and is liable and vicariously liable for the Impugned Conduct.
19. In particular, the Crown is liable and vicariously liable for the acts and omissions of its agents—INAC and its predecessors and successors—which funded the services provided to the Class members by the FNCFS Agencies or the province/territory. In this claim, INAC and its predecessors or successors, are referred to interchangeably as the Crown, unless specifically named.
The Defendant. 4. Crown is and at all material times was:
(a) incorporated pursuant to the Corporations Act and capable of being sued;
(b) a person within the meaning of s 1041H of the Corporations Act;
(c) a person within the meaning of s 12DA of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) (ASIC Act);
(d) a person within the meaning of s 18 of the Australian Consumer Law set out in Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), as applicable pursuant to: i. s 7 of the Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Act 1992 (ACT); ii. s 28 of the Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW);
The Defendant. The Defendant opted not to present any evidence.
The Defendant. As the defendant is a corporation, each person who signs this Plea Agreement agrees and warrants that he or she is duly authorized to do so, and by signing is binding IARA to the Plea Agreement and all its terms, obligations and conditions. IARA shall provide to the United States a copy of the Corporate Acknowledgment of this Plea Agreement, DEFENDANT INITIALS: affirming that the Board of Directors of IARA has given signatory authority to enter into the Plea Agreement on behalf of IARA and has done the following: consulted with legal counsel in connection with this criminal matter; voted to authorize IARA to plead guilty to the charges specified in the Plea Agreement; and voted to authorize and to execute the Plea Agreement and any and all other documents necessary to carry out the provisions of the Plea Agreement. Further, the Board of Directors of IARA agrees that a duly authorized representative will appear on its behalf and will enter the plea, and will also appear for the imposition and execution of any sentence. (A copy of a duly executed Resolution of the Board of Directors of IARA approving this Plea Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit A.)