Defendere

I L To prohibit or forbid; to appropriate; to enclose; to defend or deny. Defendere se debet in primis sic, omnem feloniam defendit: he ought to defend himself in the first place thus; he defends all the felony. Defendere se per corpus snnm: to defend himself by his own body; to offer the duel or combat as a legal trial. Defendere se unica manu: to wage his law.

Lat.

In old pleading. To defend or deny. Petrus venit et defendit cartam, quod nunquam facta fuit per Petrum de Goldinffton; Peter comes and defends [denies] the charter, that it was never made by Peter de Goldington. Placit, Abbrev. cited Steph. PI, (Am. ed. 1824), Appendix, Note (79). Venit et defendit omnem fe Umiam; comes and defends all the felony. Bract fol. 138 b. Veniunt et defendunt vim et injuriam; come and defend the force and injury. Id. fol. 67 b. Si negaverit et crimen defenderit; if he deny and defend the crime or accusation. Id, fol. 137. Si dicaty defendo donum et char tarn, tune oportei tenentem prohare utrunque; if he say " I defend the gift and the charter," then the tenant must prove both. Id, fol. 214 b. To defend, in the modern sense. Defendere se per corpus suum; to defend himself by his own body; to offer the duel or combat as a legal trial. Bract, fol. 133 b. Se defendat^r corpus, vel per patriam; he may defend himself by his body or by the country. Id, ibid. See Id. fol, 146, 151.