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Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert..

Attorney :: Attorney (n.) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.

Flanker :: Flanker (v. t.) To defend by lateral fortifications.

Default :: Default (v. t.) To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against..

Rampart :: Rampart (n.) That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.

Nonappearance :: Nonappearance (n.) Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear..

Nontenure :: Nontenure (n.) A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed..

Self-defense :: Self-defense (n.) The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation..

Surrendered :: Surrejoinder (n.) The answer of a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.

Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own..

Defenser :: Defenser (n.) Defender.

Dreadnaught :: Dreadnaught (n.) Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught..

Vindicate :: Vindicate (v. t.) To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify..

Process :: Process (n.) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial..

Advocate :: Advocate (n.) One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth..

Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant..

Opponent :: Opponent (n.) One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who maintains it..

Apron :: Apron (n.) An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings..

Surrejoinder :: Surrejoin (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder..

Set-off :: Set-off (n.) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.

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