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Definition of Defenses
1. defense [v] - See also: defense
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defenses
Literary usage of Defenses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1899)
"Equitable defenses under the reformed procedure. § 1369. Meaning and nature of
an equitable defense. § 1370. General effect: Injunction against actions at ..."
2. A Treatise Upon the Law of Pleading Under the Codes of Civil Porcedure of by Philemon Bliss (1894)
"Consistent defenses—The Rule in Equity. 843. Inconsistent defenses under the
Code—The equity Rule adopted. 844. Continued—The judicial View. 845. ..."
3. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis (1881)
"—Harbor defenses at Wilmington.—Harbor defenses at Charleston.—Fights in the
Harbor.—defenses of Savannah.—Mobile Harbor and Capture of ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"If, as is sure to happen, differing defenses are put in by different defendants,
... These are separate and individual defenses, having nothing in common; ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"Even conceding that there was testimony tending to sustain the defenses upon
which the defendants relied, it was not of such a nature that only one ..."
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