Pro Defectu Justitiae
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
For defect or want of justice. Pleta, lib. 2, c. 62, § 2. PRO DEFENDENTE (Law Lat.) For the defendant. Vaughan, 65. Commonly abbreviated, pro. def. Hardr. passim. "Morton, pro querent. Blackstone, pro def." 1 W. Bl. 532. civil law. The title of Dig. 41. 7. Quod pro dere Uoto hahitwm est, what is held as derelict. Id. 41. 7. 4.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
For defect of justice.