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To prohibit or forbid. To deny. To contest and endeavor to defeat a claim or demand made against one in a court of justice. Boehmer v. Irrigation Dist, 117 Cal. 19, 48 Pac. 908. To oppose, repel, or resist. In covenants of warranty in deeds, it means to protect, to maintain or keep secure, to guaranty, to agree to indemnify. … [Read more...] about DEFEND

The defence or mode of propounding a defence in the spiritual courts, is so called. … [Read more...] about DEFENSIVE ALLEGATION

A person who is being sued, the party against whom a lawsuit is filed. In some instances, the plaintiff may be called the petitioner and the defendant the respondent. The person defending or denying; the party against whom relief or recovery is sought in an action or suit. In common usage, this term is applied to the party put upon his defense, or summoned to answer a charge or … [Read more...] about DEFENDANT

A war in defense of, or for the protection of, national rights. It may be defensive in its principles, though offensive in its operations. 1 Kent, Comm. 50, note. … [Read more...] about DEFENSIVE WAR

A party against whom a writ of error is sued out. … [Read more...] about DEFENDANT IN ERROR