Accused/Defendant

A accused or defendant as commonly referred are clients of the defense attorney who are accused/charged of committing a crime in a criminal case. They are brought into court with an arrest warrant from the police, The side against them is the prosecution whether public or private; in a civil lawsuit a defendant (usually considered a respondent) are not accused of a felony but a civil wrong in such trials.
A defendant is not always considered as an individual; it can be an organization or even an object in some cases.