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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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