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Antemural :: Antemural (n.) An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance..

Bulwark :: Bulwark (n.) That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection..

Innuendo :: Innuendo (n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief..

Nolo Contendere :: Nolo contendere () A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of quilty..

Advocate :: Advocate (n.) To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly..

Bank :: Bank (v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank..

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another..

Advocate :: Advocate (n.) One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth..

Indefensible :: Indefensible () Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc..

Upholder :: Upholder (n.) One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer..

Shield :: Shield (n.) Figuratively, one who protects or defends..

Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit..

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.

Propugn :: Propugn (v. t.) To contend for; to defend; to vindicate.

Vouch :: Vouch (v. t.) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title..

Weather-fend :: Weather-fend (v. t.) To defend from the weather; to shelter.

Maim :: Maim (v. t.) To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person on fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary..

Process :: Process (n.) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial..

Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet..

Bill :: Bill (n.) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law..

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