Defensio
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
defentio, I. I.
In old English law. Defense; prohibition. Defensio contra sectam: defense against the suit Defensio riparise: prohibition to use a river; exclusive appropriation to the use of the king. Defensiones: defenses.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
;., Defense, /r. Defence; prohibition.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Defentio. L. Lat. Defence. Feoffatus habebit defensionem suum in manu sua; the feoffee will have his own defence in his own hand. Bract. fol. 21 b. Defensio contra sectam; defence against the suit. Id. fol. 290 b. Defensiones; defences. Id. fol. 268 b. In old statutes. Prohibition. Statutum de defensione portandi arma, &c.; the statute of prohibition of bearing arms, &c. (7 Edw. I.) Cowell.