Attack - Law Dictionary Search Results
Outnumber
To exceed in number as the garrison was badly outnumbered by the attacking forces
Phylloxera
A small hemipterous insect Phylloxera vastatrix allied to the aphids It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine doing great damage especially in Europe
Sciatica
Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock back of the thigh or in the leg or foot following the course
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Conservators of the truce and safe conducts
the king's obeisance, against any stranger in amity, league, or truce, or under safe conduct, and especially by attacking his person, or spoiling him, or robbing him of his goods, the Lord Chancellor, with any of the
Free fight
to fight from the start, go out to fight and there is pitched battle. The question of who attacks and who defends in such event is wholly immaterial, Abdul Hamid v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1991)1 SCC
Convoy
Convoy, ships of war which accompany merchantmen in time of war, to protect them from the attacks of the enemy. There are five things essential to sailing with convoy:-viz. (1) It must be with a
Defence
to every person. If a man, or one standing in any of these relations to him, be forcibly attacked in his person or property, it is lawful for him to repel force by force: and the breach
League
may be offensive, or defensive, or both. It is offensive when the contracting parties agree to unite in attacking a common enemy; defensive when the parties agree to act in concert in defending each other against an
Marz-ool-maut
gift of the whole of his property until a year has elapsed, from the time he was first attacked by it. When a gift is made by a person labouring under such a disease, it will be
Se defendendo, Homicide
Se defendendo, Homicide, excusable manslaying in defence of one's own life, when attacked and put in jeopardy, 4 Steph. Com
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