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noun • a humble request for help from someone in authority • (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) • an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed | ||||
| 14% | 5 | Defendant's defense | ||
noun • (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question • a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. verb • exonerate by means of an alibi | ||||
| 14% | 4 | Skunk's defense | ||
noun • any property detected by the olfactory system • the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form | ||||
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