Search results for: “defense”
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Defense Wound
Defense wound in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of defense wound.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Policeman Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading defense wound in A […]
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Private Defense
Private defense in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of private defense.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading private defense in A […]
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Defense of Marriage Act
Defense Of Marriage Act…
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Defense Statement
Defense statement in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of defense statement.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Policeman Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading defense […]
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Anticipation of defense
An inartistic (and once upon a time insufficient) complaint which addresses matters which are expected to be raised in the defendant’s answer. If, for instance, a complaint for breach of contract alleges agreement, consideration, breach, damage, and freedom from fraud, the last allegation […]
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Affidavit of defense
In Practice. A statement made in proper form that the defendant has a good ground of defense to the plaintiff’s action upon the merits. The statements required in such an affidavit vary considerably in the different states where they are required. In some, it must state a ground of […]
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Peremptory Defense
A defense which insists that the plaintiff never had the right to institute the suit, or that, if he had, the original right is extinguished or determined. 4 Bouv. Inst, note 4206. …
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Legal Defense
A defense which is ample or adequate in law as against the particular demand. Legal defense often stands opposed to equitable defense, q.v….
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General Defense
A general denial of the material allegations of a claim….
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Full Defense
In pleading. The formula of defense in a plea, stated at length and without abbreviation, thus : And the said C. D. by E. F. his attorney, comes and defends the force (or wrong) and injury when and where it shall behoove him, and the damages, and whatsoever else he ought to defend, […]
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Equitable Defense
A defense available only in equity, e. g., duress in defense to a contract. In all states where codification prevails, the distinction between legal and equitable defenses is abolished. …
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Dilatory Defense
In Chancery practice. One the object of which is to dismiss, suspend, or obstruct the suit, without touching the merits, until the impediment or obstacle insisted on shall be removed. See Defense. …
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Defense Or Defence
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 […]
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Separation Defense
No action may be maintained against either spouse under the provisions of this section, either during or after any period of separation from the other spouse, for any liability incurred by the other spouse during the separation, if, during the separation the spouse who is liable for support of […]
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Abandonment Defense
Abandonment without cause by a spouse shall be a defense to any liability pursuant to the provisions of subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of subsection (b) of this section for expenses incurred by and for the benefit of such spouse. Nothing in this subsection shall affect the duty of a parent […]