Half-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 common-law pleading. A name applied to the abbreviated form of words with which a plea is introduced.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In common-law pleading. The technical name of the come mon clause at the commencement of a de fendant’s plea: “And the said defendant, by » his attorney, comes and defends the wrony, (or force,) and injury, when,” ete. Called “iaifdefense” from its abbreviated form.