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Definition of defend
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Defend
(v. t.) To
prohibit;
to
forbid.
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Rebutter
::
Rebutter
(n.) The
answer
of a
defendant
in
matter
of fact to a
plaintiff's
surrejoinder.
Defensative
::
Defensative
(n.) That which
serves
to
protect
or
defend.
Oyer
::
Oyer (n.) A
hearing
or an
inspection,
as of a deed, bond, etc., as when a
defendant
in court prays oyer of a
writing..
Maintain
::
Maintain
(v. t.) To
affirm;
to
support
or
defend
by
argument.
Plea
::
Plea (n.) That which is
alleged
by a party in
support
of his
cause;
in a
stricter
sense,
an
allegation
of fact in a
cause,
as
distinguished
from a
demurrer;
in a still more
limited
sense,
and in
modern
practice,
the
defendant's
answer
to the
plaintiff's
declaration
and
demand.
That which the
plaintiff
alleges
in his
declaration
is
answered
and
repelled
or
justified
by the
defendant's
plea. In
chancery
practice,
a plea is a
special
answer
showing
or
relying
upon one or more
things
as a cause why
Defensory
::
Defensory
(a.)
Tending
to
defend;
defensive;
as,
defensory
preparations..
Defendable
::
Defendable
(a.)
Capable
of being
defended;
defensible.
Assert
::
Assert
(v. t.) To
maintain;
to
defend.
Seguestration
::
Seguestration
(n.) A
prerogative
process
empowering
certain
commissioners
to take and hold a
defendant's
property
and
receive
the rents and
profits
thereof,
until he
clears
himself
of a
contempt
or
performs
a
decree
of the
court..
Kamichi
::
Kamichi
(n.) A
curious
South
American
bird
(Anhima,
/
Palamedea,
cornuta),
often
domesticated
by the
natives
and kept with
poultry,
which it
defends
against
birds of prey. It has a long,
slender,
hornlike
ornament
on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing.
Although
its beak, feet, and legs
resemble
those of
gallinaceous
birds,
it is
related
in
anatomical
characters
to the ducks and geese
(Anseres).
Called
also
horned
screamer.
The name is
sometimes
applied
also to the
chaja.
See
Chaja,
and S
Defendee
::
Defendee
(n.) One who is
defended.
Cognizance
::
Cognizance
(n.) A form of
defense
in the
action
of
replevin,
by which the
defendant
insists
that the goods were
lawfully
taken,
as a
distress,
by
defendant,
acting
as
servant
for
another..
Patron
::
Patron
(n.) One who
protects,
supports,
or
countenances;
a
defender..
Shield
::
Shield
(n.)
Figuratively,
one who
protects
or
defends..
Unpleaded
::
Unpleaded
(a.) Not
supported
by
pleas;
undefended;
as, an
unpleaded
suit..
Withernam
::
Withernam
(n.) A
second
or
reciprocal
distress
of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first
distress
and have been
eloigned;
a
taking
by way of
reprisal;
--
chiefly
used in the
expression
capias
in
withernam,
which is the name of a writ used in
connection
with the
action
of
replevin
(sometimes
called
a writ of
reprisal),
which
issues
to a
defendant
in
replevin
when he has
obtained
judgment
for a
return
of the
chattels
replevied,
and fails to
obtain
them on the writ of
return..
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..
Fieri Facias
::
Fieri
facias
() A
judicial
writ that lies for one who has
recovered
in debt or
damages,
commanding
the
sheriff
that he cause to be made of the
goods,
chattels,
or real
estate
of the
defendant,
the sum
claimed..
Taxable
::
Taxable
(a.) That may be
legally
charged
by a court
against
the
plaintiff
of
defendant
in a suit; as,
taxable
costs..
Marcher
::
Marcher
(n.) The lord or
officer
who
defended
the
marches
or
borders
of a
territory.
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