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Defect
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DefectThe want of something required by law.
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Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
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Defeasance
Contracts, conveyancing. An instrument which defeats the force or operation of some other deed or estate.
Defeasible
What may be undone or annulled.
Defective door lawsuit
A lawsuit on damage produced by a defective door.
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Defendant in error
A party against whom a writ of error is sued out.
Defender
Canon law. The name by which the defendant or respondent is known in the ecclesiastical courts.
Defense attorney
The attorney representing the defendant; he or she may be a private attorney, a court appointed attorney, or a county public defender.
Defense of property
Affirmative defense in criminal law or tort law where force was used to protect one's property.
Defense or defence
French defense: Latin defensa: defendere, to strike down or away, ward off, repel. Mid. English 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".
Defensive allegation
The defence or mode of propounding a defence in the spiritual courts, is so called.
Deferred annuity
An income stream that begins at some time in the future.
Deferred compensation package
This includes all retirement assets and any other saving or postponed income earned during the marriage.
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Default judgment
A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court or respond to the charges.
Default order or judgment
An order or judgment made based on only the plaintiff's (petitioner's) complaint, due to no response or presence of the defendant (respondent).
Defaulter
Common law. One who is deficient in his accounts, or falls in making his accounts correct.
Defeasance
Contracts, conveyancing. An instrument which defeats the force or operation of some other deed or estate.
Defeasible
What may be undone or annulled.
Defect
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Defendant in error
A party against whom a writ of error is sued out.
Defender
Canon law. The name by which the defendant or respondent is known in the ecclesiastical courts.
Defense of property
Affirmative defense in criminal law or tort law where force was used to protect one's property.
Defense or defence
French defense: Latin defensa: defendere, to strike down or away, ward off, repel. Mid. English 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".
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Defeasance
Contracts, conveyancing. An instrument which defeats the force or operation of some other deed or estate.
Defeasible
What may be undone or annulled.
Defective door lawsuit
A lawsuit on damage produced by a defective door.
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Defendant in error
A party against whom a writ of error is sued out.
Defender
Canon law. The name by which the defendant or respondent is known in the ecclesiastical courts.
Defense attorney
The attorney representing the defendant; he or she may be a private attorney, a court appointed attorney, or a county public defender.
Defense of property
Affirmative defense in criminal law or tort law where force was used to protect one's property.
Defense or defence
French defense: Latin defensa: defendere, to strike down or away, ward off, repel. Mid. English 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".
Defensive allegation
The defence or mode of propounding a defence in the spiritual courts, is so called.
Deferred annuity
An income stream that begins at some time in the future.
Deferred compensation package
This includes all retirement assets and any other saving or postponed income earned during the marriage.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Default judgment
A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court or respond to the charges.
Default order or judgment
An order or judgment made based on only the plaintiff's (petitioner's) complaint, due to no response or presence of the defendant (respondent).
Defaulter
Common law. One who is deficient in his accounts, or falls in making his accounts correct.
Defeasance
Contracts, conveyancing. An instrument which defeats the force or operation of some other deed or estate.
Defeasible
What may be undone or annulled.
Defect
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Defendant in error
A party against whom a writ of error is sued out.
Defender
Canon law. The name by which the defendant or respondent is known in the ecclesiastical courts.
Defense of property
Affirmative defense in criminal law or tort law where force was used to protect one's property.
Defense or defence
French defense: Latin defensa: defendere, to strike down or away, ward off, repel. Mid. English 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".
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