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Defendant in error
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Defendant in errorA party against whom a writ of error is sued out.
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Party
Practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood either the plaintiff or defendant. In contracts, a party is one or more persons who engage to perform or receive the performance of some agreement.
Writ
An official court document, signed by a judge or bearing an official court seal, which commands the person to whom it is addressed, to do something specific. That "person" is typically either a sheriff (who may be instructed to seize property, for example) or a defendant (for whom the writ is the first notice of formal legal action. In these cases, the writ would command the person to answer the charges laid out in the suit, or else judgment may be made against them in their absence).
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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.
Defect
The want of something required by law.
Defective door lawsuit
A lawsuit on damage produced by a defective door.
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
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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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
The want of something required by law.
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Defendant in error
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".
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.
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Party
Practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood either the plaintiff or defendant. In contracts, a party is one or more persons who engage to perform or receive the performance of some agreement.
Writ
An official court document, signed by a judge or bearing an official court seal, which commands the person to whom it is addressed, to do something specific. That "person" is typically either a sheriff (who may be instructed to seize property, for example) or a defendant (for whom the writ is the first notice of formal legal action. In these cases, the writ would command the person to answer the charges laid out in the suit, or else judgment may be made against them in their absence).
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.
Defect
The want of something required by law.
Defective door lawsuit
A lawsuit on damage produced by a defective door.
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
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--------------------------------------
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
The want of something required by law.
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Defendant in error
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".
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.
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