Defended

Quick meaning: Defended is an adjective meaning Having defenses.

Meaning

Having defenses.

More Meanings

1. simple past and past participle of defend
2. (law, not comparable) In which the defendant responds to the allegations made against them, typically by filing a defense or counterclaim in court.

Example Sentences

But only in less than 5% there was a court order in a defended case (Müller-Alten, 1984).

Understandably, the more extreme the condition, the more defended the family and professionals can be.

This result corroborates the Hypothesis 2 that the less defended fast-growing species can be replaced over time by more defended slower-growing species.

If this simpler procedure were adopted in a defended case the cost would be about 29l. if counsel were employed, and about 27l. if no counsel or solicitor were employed.

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