Full Defense
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In pleading. The formula of defense in a plea, stated at length and without abbreviation, thus: "And the said C. D. by E. F. his attorney, comes and defends the force (or wrong) and injury when and where it shall behoove him, and the damages, and whatsoever else he ought to defend, and says," etc. Steph. PI. (Am. ed. 1824) ch. i. sect. vii. rule v.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In pleading. The formula of defense in a plea, stated at length and without abbreviation, thuB: "And the said C. D., by ES. F., his attorney, comes and defends the force (or wrong) and injury when and where it shall behoove him, and the damages, and whatsoever else he ought to defend, and says," etc. Steph. Pi. p. 481.
Defined under Full in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In pleading. The formula of defense in a plea, stated at length defends the force (or wrong) and injury when and where it shall behoove him, and the damages, and whatsoever else he ought to defend, and says,” etc. Steph. Pl. p. 481.