Defendere

I L To prohibit or forbid; to appropriate; to enclose; to defend or deny. Defendere se debet in primis sic, omnem feloniam defendit: he ought to defend himself in the first place thus; he defends all the felony. Defendere se per corpus snnm: to defend himself by his own body; to offer the duel or combat as a legal trial. Defendere se unica manu: to wage his law.