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Liquidator :: Liquidator (n.) An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company..

Unpleaded :: Unpleaded (a.) Not supported by pleas; undefended; as, an unpleaded suit..

Muniment :: Muniment (n.) That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance.

Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.

Rejoin :: Rejoin (v. i.) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication..

Ward :: Ward (n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection..

Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground..

Rampart :: Rampart (n.) That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.

Apocryphalist :: Apocryphalist (n.) One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha..

Color :: Color (n.) An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court..

Preserver :: Preserver (n.) One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another..

Pleading :: Pleading (n.) The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments..

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

Nolle Prosequi :: Nolle prosequi () Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants..

Joinder :: Joinder (v. t.) A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit.

Codefendant :: Codefendant (n.) A joint defendant.

Prevarication :: Prevarication (n.) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution..

Tenable :: Tenable (a.) Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument..

Apron :: Apron (n.) A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot..

Muniment :: Muniment (n.) A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers.

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