public defender

public defender. A lawyer or staff of lawyers, usu. publicly appointed and paid, whose duty is to represent indigent criminal defendants. — Often shortened to defender. — Abbr. P.D. [Cases: Criminal Law 641.11. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 300, 317.]

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