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statute of frauds

signed by the party sought to be held to it or by an authorized agent 2 : a defense employing a statute of frauds (as in the denial of an enforceable agreement)

special court-martial

special court-martial : a court-martial that consists of at least three officers, a trial judge advocate, and a defense counsel and that has authority to impose a limited sentence and hear only noncapital cases compare general court-martial,

sabotage

: the injury, destruction, or knowingly defective production of materials, premises, or utilities used for war or national defense compare criminal syndicalism, sedition

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Fort

only by troops surrounded with a ditch rampart and parapet or with palisades stockades or other means of defense a fortification

Fencing

The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword esp with the smallsword See Fence v i 2

Presidio

A place of defense a fortress a garrison a fortress a garrison or guardhouse

Fortress

a large and permanent fortification sometimes including a town a fort a castle a stronghold a place of defense or security

Outguard

from the main body of an army to watch for the approach of an enemy hence anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended

Battered Woman's syndrome

buffered by a woman repeatedly abused by a mate (as a husband), Battered Woman's syndrome is used as defense to violent criminal charges (as homicide). Evidence of repeated abuse is used to show that the defendant acted

Ander's brief in criminal procedure

Ander's brief in criminal procedure, means a brief filed by a court-appointed defense attorney who wants to withdraw from the case on appeal based on a belief that the appeal is

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