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Defense or defence
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Defense or defenceFrench 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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Strike
Highlighting in the record of a case, evidence that has been improperly offered and will not be relied upon.
Ward
1) Ward in chancery.An infant who is under the superintendence of the chancellor 2) A district. Most cities are divided for various purposes into districts, each of which is called a ward 3) Domestic relations. An infant placed by authority of law under the care of a guardian.4) Police. To watch in the day time, for the purpose of preventing violations of the law
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Suit
An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit.
Cause
1) Civil law. It signifies the delivery of the thing, or the accomplishment of the act which is the object of a convention. 2) It is the consideration or motive for making a contract. 3) Pleading. The reason; the motive. 4) Practice. A contested question before a court of justice; it is a Suit or action.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Common
marriage law. a marriage in which no formal ceremony took place and no license exists.
Pleading
Practice. The statement in a logical, and legal form, of the facts which constitute the plaintiff's cause of action, or the defendant's ground of defence; it is the formal mode of alleging that on the record, which would be the support, or the defence of the party in evidence.
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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.
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.
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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Defect
The want of something required by law.
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
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.
Deficient
Incomplete; defective; not sufficient in quantity or force.
Deficit
This Latin term signifies that something is wanting. It is used to express the deficiency which is discovered in the accounts of an accountant, or in the money in which he has received.
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Strike
Highlighting in the record of a case, evidence that has been improperly offered and will not be relied upon.
Ward
1) Ward in chancery.An infant who is under the superintendence of the chancellor 2) A district. Most cities are divided for various purposes into districts, each of which is called a ward 3) Domestic relations. An infant placed by authority of law under the care of a guardian.4) Police. To watch in the day time, for the purpose of preventing violations of the law
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Suit
An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit.
Cause
1) Civil law. It signifies the delivery of the thing, or the accomplishment of the act which is the object of a convention. 2) It is the consideration or motive for making a contract. 3) Pleading. The reason; the motive. 4) Practice. A contested question before a court of justice; it is a Suit or action.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Common
marriage law. a marriage in which no formal ceremony took place and no license exists.
Pleading
Practice. The statement in a logical, and legal form, of the facts which constitute the plaintiff's cause of action, or the defendant's ground of defence; it is the formal mode of alleging that on the record, which would be the support, or the defence of the party in evidence.
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.
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.
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--------------------------------------
Defect
The want of something required by law.
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
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.
Deficient
Incomplete; defective; not sufficient in quantity or force.
Deficit
This Latin term signifies that something is wanting. It is used to express the deficiency which is discovered in the accounts of an accountant, or in the money in which he has received.
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