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Definition of Defences
1. defence [v] - See also: defence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defences
Literary usage of Defences
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"With the exception of throwing up a work near the water's edge, which was more
properly an adjunct to one of the sea-forts than a part of the land defences, ..."
2. Elementary Law by William Callyhan Robinson (1910)
"285 defences TO COMMON LAW ACTIONS a new contract for the one already broken;
... These defences are all alike applicable to actions of assumpsit, debt, ..."
3. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1874)
"MILITARY TORPEDO defences. BY NATHANIEL J. HOLMES. ... Although with submarine
defences wires may sometimes be submerged in the teeth of the enemy under ..."
4. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1898)
"defences of the Harbor of New York—The Corporation of the City could not Act—Memorial
to the Legislature to Interfere—It failed to do so— Patriotic Citizens ..."
5. Commentaries on the Law of Marriage and Divorce: With the Evidence, Practice by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1881)
"THE GENERAL defences IN DIVORCE AND NULLITY SUITS. ... Further of these defences.
— Most of the defences to be brought under review in the present series of ..."
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