Defend - Law Dictionary Search Results
Helowe-wall
Helowe-wall [fr. h'lan, Sax., to cover], the end-wall covering and defending the rest of the building, Paroch. Antiq. 573.
Not guilty by Statute
Not guilty by Statute. Very many Acts from time to time allowed defendants sued for doing things in pursuance of them to plead 'not guilty by statute' (or the general issue,
Nemo tenetur prodere seipsum
Amendment Act, 1888, s. 9, and finally the general (English) Criminal Evidence Act, 1898 (see that title), make defendants competent, but not compellable, to give evidence.
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Necessity, agent of
suitable to her station in life and for costs reasonably incurred in taking proceedings against him. A wife defending a divorce suit is not an agent of necessity as regards her costs, Arnold and Weaver v. Amari,
Necessitas, quod cogit, defendit
Necessitas, quod cogit, defendit [Lat.], necessity defends what it compels.
Messengers-at-arms
from the Court of Session. It actions emanating from the Supreme Court in Scotland personal service on a defender can only be effected by a messenger-at-arms.
Magna Carta
as carts, and implements of husbandry. The 15th and 16th chapters relate to the making of bridges and defending of river-banks, a subject which now forms part of local law. The 17th chapter enacts that:-'No sheriff constable,
League
agree to unite in attacking a common enemy; defensive when the parties agree to act in concert in defending each other against an enemy. Also a measure equal to three English miles, or 3,000 geometrical paces.
King
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, derives his title from the Act of Settlement of 1700 (12 &
In person
In person. A party, plaintiff or defendant, who sues out a writ or other process, or appears to conduct his case in Court himself, instead
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