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call 1 : to announce or recite loudly [ed the civil trial list] 2 : to admit (a person) as a barrister [was ed to the bar] 3 : to demand payment of esp. by formal notice [ a loan] 4 : to demand presentation of (as a bond or option) for redemption NOTE: A security issuer may call a security only if calling it is previously provided for, as, for example, in the indenture for a bond or in the stock agreement for preferred stock. The issuer usually pays the holder a premium for a called security. n 1 : a demand for payment of money: as a : a notice by the U.S. Treasury to depositories to transfer part of its deposit balance to the Federal Reserve bank b : a notice to a stockholder or subscriber to pay an assessment or an installment of subscription to capital 2 : call option at option 3 a : a formal announcement or recitation [the daily of the motion calendar] b : roll call [the speaker ordered a of the house] ...
defense
defense 1 : the act or action of defending see also self-defense 2 a : the theory or ground that forms the basis for a defendant's opposition to an allegation in a complaint or to a charge in a charging instrument (as an indictment) ;also : the evidence and arguments presented supporting the defendant's opposition see also accord, alibi, assumption of risk, coercion, consent contributory negligence at negligence, denial, diminished capacity, duress, entrapment, estoppel, fraud, infancy, insanity, intoxication, laches, mistake, necessity, res judicata, statute of limitations absolute defense : complete defense in this entry af·fir·ma·tive defense : a defense that does not deny the truth of the allegations against the defendant but gives some other reason (as insanity, assumption of risk, or expiration of the statute of limitations) why the defendant cannot be held liable NOTE: The defendant bears the burden of proof as to affirmative defenses. choice of evils d...
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