Pro Defectu Justitiae
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
For defect or want of justice. Pleta, lib.
2, c. 62, § 2.
PRO DEFENDENTE (Law Lat.) For the defendant.
Vaughan, 65.
Commonly abbreviated, pro. def. Hardr. passim. "Morton, pro querent. Blackstone, pro def." 1 W. Bl. 532. civil law.
The title of Dig. 41. 7.
Quod pro dere Uoto hahitwm est, what is held as derelict.
Id. 41. 7. 4.