Defensa

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A park or place fenced in for deer, and defended as a property, and peculiar for that use and service. Cowell.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An inclosure; a park.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A park or place fenced in for deer, and defended as a property and peculiar for that use and service. Cowell. DEFENSE AU FOND EN DROIT (called, also, defense en droit). A demurrer. 2 Low. C. 278. See, also, 1 Low. C. 216.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. A park or place fenced in for deer, and defended as a property and peculiar for that use and service. Cowell.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

/, I In old English law. A park or place fenced in for deer and defended as a property.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

defensum, I. An enclosure, fenced land; a deer park.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat.

In old English law. A park or place fenced in for deer, and defended as a property and peculiar for that use and service. Coufell.