Terms Used In Idaho Code 19-518

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
The officer who executes the warrant must take the defendant before the magistrate most accessible to the witnesses for the prosecution, but in the county in which the offense is triable, and must deliver to him the complaint and the warrant, with his return indorsed thereon, and the magistrate must then proceed in the same manner as upon a warrant issued by himself.