Lat. Defect; default; want; imperfection; disqualification. Challenge propter defectum. A challenge to a juror on account of some legal disqualification, such as infancy, etc. See CHALLENGE. Defectus sanguinis. Failure of the blood, {. e., failure or want of issue.
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