defendere
defendere v. 答辩；辩护；反驳；否认
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minutes
minutes. 1. Memoranda or notes of a transaction or proceeding. 2. Parliamentary law. The formal record of a deliberative assembly’s proceedings, approved (as corrected, if necessary) by the assembly. — Also termed journal; record; report. See DISPENSE WITH THE READING OF THE MINUTES; SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES . “The minutes of an organization include a
vidua regis
vidua regis (vij-oo-[schwa] ree-jis), n. [Latin] 1. The widow of the king. 2. The widow of a tenant in capite. • In sense 2, she was so called because she was not allowed to marry a second time without the king’s permission. She obtained her dower from the king, who was her patron and defender.
self defense
self-defense, n. 1. The use of force to protect oneself, one’s family, or one’s property from a real or threatened attack. • Generally, a person is justified in using a reasonable amount of force in self-defense if he or she believes that the danger of bodily harm is imminent and that force is necessary to
nihil novit
nihil novit (nI-hil noh-vit). [Law Latin] Scots law. He knew nothing. • The phrase appeared in reference to a defendant’s oath denying any knowledge of the matter in issue. “[A] defender may swear that he knows nothing of the matter referred, and so obtain absolvitor; but such an answer would not avail any defender in
defensor civitatis
defensor civitatis (di-fen-s[schwa]r siv-i-tay-tis). [Latin “defender of the city”] Roman law. An officer conducting public business, including protecting people, esp. the poor, from legal injustices, adjudicating certain minor offenses and pecuniary matters, and acting as a notary in the execution of a will or other transfer. — Often shortened to defensor.
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defensor
defensor (di-fen-s[schwa]r or -sor), n. [fr. Latin defendere “to forbid”] 1. Roman law. A defender of another’s interests in court; an advocate, esp. for a corporation. Cf. PROCURATOR LITIS. 2. Roman law. DEFENSOR CIVITATIS. 3. Hist. Eccles. law. An advocate or patron of a church; a church warden. 4. Hist. A guardian; a protector; a
dump truck lawyer
dump-truck lawyer. Slang. A public defender who spends little time or effort and exhibits little skill mounting a defense on behalf of an indigent defendant. • This derogatory term arises from criminal defendants’ common perception (typically a misperception) that public defenders prefer to dump cases by making plea bargains rather than spend time preparing for
semiplena probatio
semiplena probatio (sem-I-plee-n[schwa] proh-bay-shee-oh), n. [Latin] Half-proof. “In actions of filiation, a pursuer was formerly entitled, on adducing a semiplena probatio, to her oath in supplement to prove that the defender was the father of her child. A semiplena probatio was such a proof as induced, not merely a suspicion, but a reasonable belief that
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