Attack - Law Dictionary Search Results
Insect-infested
or molest'. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (Volume V at page 259) the word 'infest' means 'To attack assail, annoy or trouble (a person or thing) in a persistent manner', 'to visit persistently or in large
defend
defend 1 : to drive danger or attack away from [using a weapon to oneself] 2 : to act as attorney for (a defendant) [appointed to
assault
assault [Old French assaut, literally, attack, ultimately from Latin assultus, from assilire to leap (on), attack] 1 : the crime or tort of threatening
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Offensive and defensive league
Offensive and defensive league, means a league binding the parties not only to aid one another when attacked but also to support one another when attacking in offensive warfare, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1110.
Offensive
The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack aggressive attitude the act of the attacking party opposed to defensive
Picador
A horseman armed with a lance who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him
Orgue
iron and suspended each by a separate rope over a gateway to be let down in case of attack
Oppugn
To fight against to attack to be in conflict with to oppose to resist
Onset
A rushing or setting upon an attack an assault a storming especially the assault of an army
Nap taking
A taking by surprise an unexpected onset or attack
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