Defense or Defence
Defense or Defence in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
French défense: Latin defensa: defendere, to strike down or away, ward off, repel. Mid. Eng. defence. 2. That which is offered by a defendant as sufficient to defeat a suit – by denying, justifying, or confessing and avoiding, the cause of action. A term used in common law pleading in the sense merely of “denial”. U.S. v. Ordway, 30 F.R. 32 (1887).
Note: This legal definition of Defense or Defence in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
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