Defectus
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat. Defect; default; want; imperfection; disqualification.
— Challenge propter defectnm. A chnilenge to a juror on account of some legal disqualification, such as infancy, etc. See Challenge.
— Defectns sanguinis. Failure of the blood, i. e., failure or want of issue.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. Defect, imperfection, v. Challenge, Escheat.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. ' [from deficere, to fail, to want, to be deficient.] In old practice. Defect, deficiency, imperfection; failure, default; want. Defectum exitiis; default of issue. Toums. PL 23. Propter defectum; on account of deficiency; for want of certain qualifications. See Propter defectum.