p. p Overthrown, worsted, or defeated in an action.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
v. In old English practice. To allege, offer, or present; to proffer by way of excuse, (as to “cast an essoin.”) This word is now used as a popular, rather than a technical, term, in the sense of to overcome, overthrow, or defeat in a civil action at law. Cast away. To cast away a ship is to do such an act upon or in regard to it as causes it to perish or be lost so as to be irrecoverable by ordinary means. The term is synonymous with “destroy,” which means to unfit a vessel for service beyond the hope of recovery by ordinary means. U. S. v. Johns, 26 Fed. Cas. 616; U. S. v. Vanranst, 28 Fed. Cas. 360.