Defend

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To deny.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To prohibit or forbid. To deny. To contest and endeavor to defeat a claim or demand made against one in a court of justice. Boehmer v. Irrigation Dist, 117 Cal. 19, 48 Pac. 908. To oppose, repel or resist. In covenants of warranty In deeds, it means to protect, to maintain or keep secure, to guaranty, to agree to indemnify.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

To oppose or resist a claim at law ing, to deny, as in the phrase " comes merely that the defendant comes and V. Defendemus.

In old English law. To prohibit or forbid appropriata v. Defendere.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

To prohibit or forbid. To eny. To contest and endeavor to defeat a In covenants of warranty in deeds, it means to protect, to waintain or keep secure, to guaranty, to agree to indemnify.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[L. Fr. defendre; L. Lat. defendere.] In pleading. To deny. The words " comes and defends,^* {venit et defendit,) have formed a part of a defendant's plea in an action at law from the earhest times, occurring in the forms used in the reign of King JohD. Plac. Ahhrev. 27 Leic. rot. ii. temp. Johan. cited in Stepk. PI. Appendix, Note, (79) Am. ed. 1824. See Come Sf Defence. The effect of the expression " defends" is merely that the defendant denies the right of the plaintiff, or the force or wrong charged. Steph. PI. ch. ii. sect. vii. rule v.