Defensum
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A prohibition; an enclosure. Medley, Eng. Const. Hist
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I I.
In old English law. An enclosure, or any fenced ground; a part of an open field, appropriated to a particular use, as for hay; a state of several occupancy or appropriation; defense, in the sense of prohibition, v. In defenso.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Aninclosure of land; any fenced ground, See Der Eenso. purchaser, but not commencing until a date subsequent to the date of buying them, so that, if the purchaser die before that date, the purchase money is lost. Granted by the commissioners for reduction of the national debt. See 16 & 17 Vict. c. 45, § 2. Wharton.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat.
In old English law. An enclosure, or any fenced ground. 2 Mon, AngL 114. 3 Id. 306. Inclusum etpositum in defensum; enclosed and put in deifence or fence. Bract, fol. 228. A part of an open field, appropriated to a particular use, as for hay, which was hence said to be in defenso. Cowell, A state of several occupancy or appropriation. Magna Charia, c. 16. Defence, in the old sense of prohibition; a state of prohibition, or in which the use of a thing is prohibited by law. Stat. Westm. 2, c. 47. See In defenso,