Defend - Law Dictionary Search Results
Nolle prosequi
proceed in a suit altogether, or as to some part of it, or as to some of the defendants. It differed from a non pros., which put a plaintiff out of Court with respect to all the
Client
of a lawyer or commits his cause to the management of one, either in prosecuting a claim or defending a suit in a Court of justice; and for meaning, the word (except in relation to non-contentious business)
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
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interplead
pleder to plead, from Old French plaidier] vt : to bring (adverse claimants) into court by interpleader [the defendants can injured stock purchasers if they fear the latter may have a superior claim…to the agents' illicit profits
realign
ultimate interests of the parties involved in a suit, the court might choose to realign the plaintiffs and defendants so that, for example, one of the defendants becomes a plaintiff. re·align·ment n
Settlement credit
means a court's reduction of the amount of a jury verdict-or the effect of the verdict on non-settling defendants-to account for settlement funds the plaintiff has received from former defendants or from other responsible parties, Black's Law
Defense
The act of defending or the state of being defended protection as from violence or danger
Proceeding
law or before other bodies or authorities determining rights and liabilities and in which actions are brought and defended and the manner of conducting them and the mode of deciding them. All these happenings or events before
Protector
One who or that which defends or shields from injury evil oppression etc a defender a guardian a patron
Arrestment jurisdictionis fundand' causa
Arrestment jurisdictionis fundand' causa. In Scotland, if a non-Scots Defender is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Court in any other way, but has some movable property
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