Defence
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Defense.
L. Fr. In old statutes. Prohibition; denial or refusal. Bnconter U defence et le commandement le roy; against the prohibition and commandment of the king.
Stat. Westm. 1, c. 1.
See Fence month, Defensum. A state of severalty, or of several or exclusive occupancy; a state of enclosure, [L. Lat. defensum.'] See Defensum, In defenso.