In French and Canadian law. A demurrer.

In French and Canadian law. The general issue. 3 Low. Can. 421.

the name that is given to the trial lawyer who is the defendant’s representative .

the term that is given to a defense that is quite obviously a pretense.

A behavior patter that is not conscious used to cope with stress. It can be repression, rationalization , or projection.

In old English law . A lord or earl of the marches, who was the warden and defender of his country. Cowell.

Advertising started to combat damaging competitor ads.

In English ecclesiastical law. A species of pleading, wherethe defendant, instead of denying the plaintiff’s charge uj>on oath, has any circumstancesto offer in his defense. This entitles him, in his […]

A program of study that teaches safe driving techniques to drivers. Participants may be eligible for discounted premiums on their car insurance .

The time a company can do business and not use other income sources.

Investing more in safe investments like debt securities and less in risky ventures. It follows strategy to be safer. Refer to balanced investment strategy and defensive investment strategy .

Only taking responsibility for legally required errors on the social and environmental problems. A firm can accomodate response, obstructive response , and proactive response .

The section of economy markets like healthcare and utilities. They are stable and have steady earnings in good and bad times but have no growth.

Stocks and bonds tha don’t lose value when the market is on a decline. It is because the firm has less economic cycles influencing it. They don’t gain value as […]

Any security that exhibits less volatility than the market as a whole (i.e., its BETA is less than 1.0), providing lower, but more stable, returns. Investors often acquire defensive securities […]

A war in defense of, or for the protection of, national rights. Itmay be defensive iu its principles, though offensive in its operations. 1 Kent, Comm. 50, note.

That part of any open field or place that was allotted for corn or hay, andupon which there was no common or feeding, was anciently said to be in defenso; […]

In the civil law . A defender; one who assumed the defense of another’scase in court. Also an advocate. A tutor or curator.In canon law. The advocate or patron of […]

Defender or protector of a city or municipality . An oflicer under theRoman empire, whose duty it was to protect the people against the injustice of themagistrates. the insolence of […]

Defender of the faith . See DEFENDEB

An inclosure of land; any fenced ground. See DEFENSO.

An intentional delay until a future date.

Notification of activity or project is delayed or withheld.

Changes in ledger accounts to show costs included in the next year.

Delayed; put off; remanded ; postponed to a future time.