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defense

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defense
I noun confutation, counterargument, espousal, justification, parry, preservation, protection, rebuttal, resistance against attack, support, warding off associated concepts: affirmative defense, alibi defense, anticipating a defense, assist in his own defense, coercion as a defense, complete defense, defense of a third person, defense of action, defense of estoppel, defense of insanity, defense on the merits, defensive pleading, equitable defense, frivolous defense, ground of defense, incomplete defense, inconsistent defenses, legal defenses, meritorious defense, motion to strike defense, negative defense, new defense, partial defense, personal defense, self-defense, sham defense, special defense foreign phrases:
- Peccatum peccato addit qui culpae quam facit patrocinium defensionis adjungit. — He adds one offense to another who connects a wrong which he has committed with his defense
- Vani timoris justa excusatio non est. — A frivolous fear is not a lawful excuse
- Nemo prohibetur pluribus defensionibus uti. — No one is prohibited from making use of several defenses
- Impotentia excusat legem. — Performing a legal duty excuses from the performance
- Quodcunque aliquis ob tutelam corporis sui fecerit, jure id fecisse videtur. — Whatever any one does in defense of his person, that he is deemed to have done legally
- Vim vi repellere licit, modo fiat moderamine inculpatae tutelae, non ad sumendam vindictam, sed ad propulsandam infuriam. — It is lawful to repel force by force, provided it be done with the moderation of blameless defense, not for the purpose of taking revenge, but to repel injury
II index advocacy, alibi, ammunition, answer (judicial response), argument (pleading), behalf, bulwark, compurgation, counterargument, excuse, explanation, justification, panoply, plea, pleading, preservation, pretext, protection, reason (basis), rejoinder, safeguard, safekeeping, salvo, security (safety), shelter (protection), shield, support (assistance), ward

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


defense
n.
A response, reason, or allegation offered by a defendant to a lawsuit as to why the plaintiff has not established a claim and should not receive relief; a denial of the plaintiff’s claims or an attack on the validity of the plaintiff’s causes of action. See also affirmative defense

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


defense
1) A general term for the effort of an attorney representing a defendant during trial and in pretrial maneuvers to defeat the party suing or the prosecution in a criminal case.
2) A response to a complaint, called an affirmative defense, to counter, defeat, or remove all or a part of the contentions of the plaintiff.
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Category: Criminal Law
Category: Representing Yourself in Court
Category: Small Claims Court
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


defense
n. Collectively, the attorneys representing a defendant and any laypeople assisting them in their efforts, particularly in a criminal trial. In litigation, generally a factual denial or an assertion of facts or law that counters or negates a claim made by the other party.
See also self defense.
@ affirmative defense
A statement of fact in a responsive pleading that, if true, has the effect of canceling or rendering ineffective a claim of the other party. For example, the truth of an allegedly defamatory statement is an affirmative defense.
=> defense.
@ equitable defense
A defense derived from those historically used in courts of equity, such as mutual mistake.
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Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


defense
The forcible repulsion of an unlawful and violent attack, such as the defense of one's person, property, or country in time of war.
The totality of the facts, law, and contentions presented by the party against whom a civil action or criminal prosecution is instituted in order to defeat or diminish the plaintiff's cause of action or the prosecutor's case. A reply to the claims of the other party, which asserts reasons why the claims should be disallowed. The defense may involve an absolute denial of the other party's factual allegations or may entail an affirmative defense, which sets forth completely new factual allegations.
Pursuant to the rules of federal civil procedure, numerous defenses may be asserted by motion as well as by answer, while other defenses must be pleaded affirmatively.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


defense
The forcible repulsion of an unlawful and violent attack, such as the defense of one's person, property, or country in time of war.
 
The totality of the facts, law, and contentions presented by the party against whom a civil action or ciminal prosecution is instituted in order to defeat or diminish the plaintiff's cause of action or the prosecutor's case. A reply to the claims of the other party, which asserts reasons why the claims should be disallowed. The defense may involve an absolute denial of the other party's factual allegations or may entail an affirmative defense, which sets forth completely new factual allegations.
 
Pursuant to the rules of federal civil procedure, numerous defenses may be asserted by motion as well as by answer, while other defenses must be pleaded affirmatively.

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