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In a civil proceeding or criminal prosecution under the common law or under statute, a defendant may raise a defense (or defence) [a] in an effort to avert civil liability or criminal conviction. A defense is put forward by a party to defeat a suit or action brought against the party, and may be based on legal grounds or on factual claims.
For example, a charge of assault on a police officer may be negated by genuine (and perhaps reasonable) mistake of fact that the person the defendant assaulted was a criminal and not an officer, thus allowing a defense of use of force to prevent a violent crime (generally part of self-defense/defense of person). [12]
Outwork: a minor defence, built or established outside the principal fortification limits, detached or semidetached. Parapet: a wall at the edge of the rampart to protect the defenders. Pillbox: a small concrete guard post. Polygonal fort: a later type of fort without bastions. Rampart: The main defensive wall of a fortification.
Use of the word "absolute" sometimes causes confusion, because even in the law "absolute" is sometimes used simply as a synonym for "full" or "complete". As a term or art, however, there are many complete defences which are not customarily called absolute. Most notably, innocence, while a complete defense to a criminal charge, is not generally ...
defence, defense; 1) dispatch (standard) or late 18th-early 20th C. variant 2) despatch, dispatch [1] diarrhoea, diarrhea; dialogue, dialog; disc, disk; distil, distill; doughnut, donut (see Doughnut § Etymology for the source of the short spelling) draught, draft; dreamt /drɛmt/, dreamed /driːmd/
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cheque – check: to check is to ensure; outside the US, a bill of exchange drawn on a bank payable on demand is a cheque. kerb – curb: In British English, kerb is the edge of the road or pavement (UK) where kerbstones can be found. In the US, it is spelled curb, and may be attached to a sidewalk. To curb is to limit or control in either dialect.
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