Defend - Law Dictionary Search Results
self-defense
self-defense 1 : the use of force to defend oneself 2 : an affirmative defense (as to a murder charge) alleging that the defendant used force necessarily
summons
(as a clerk of court) and delivered to a plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney for service on the defendant and that notifies the defendant that he or she must appear and defend (as by filing an answer)
support
support 1 a : to promote the interests or cause of b : to uphold or defend as valid or right c : to argue or vote for 2 : to provide with substantiation or
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vouching-in
vouching-in : a common-law procedural device in which a defendant named in a lawsuit notifies another that he or she will look to the other for indemnity of
writ
the proper form of action and obtaining a writ appropriate to the remedy sought; its issuance forced the defendant to comply or to appear in court and defend. Writs were also in constant use for financial and
Bastion
of a fortification consisting of two faces and two flanks and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain or wall which extends from one bastion to another Two adjacent
Cheval de frise
or an iron barrel traversed with iron pointed spikes or spears five or six feet long used to defend a passage stop a breach or impede the advance of cavalry etc
Summary judgment
by R.S.C. of January, 1902. This procedure has been very largely followed in recent years. see LEAVE TO DEFEND. A judgment granted on a claim about which there is no genuine issue of material fact and upon
Bodyguard
A guard or group of guards to protect or defend the person a lifeguard
Solicitor
and who only, is entitled to 'sue out any writ or process, or commence, carry on, solicit, or defend any action, suit or other proceeding' in any Court whatever (see (English) Solicitors Act, 1932, s. 45). 'Solicitor
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