783. Defense
the establishment of a case or position in opposition to allegations or
attacks
784. Defendant
individual, company or organization that defends a legal action taken by a plaintiff and against which the court has been asked to order damages or specific corrective action redress some type of unlawful or improper action alleged by the plaintiff
785. Defeasance
786. Defamatory Libel
787. Defamation
an attack on the good reputation of a person, by slander or libel
788. Defalcation
1. defaulting on a debt or other obligation such to account for public or trust funds; usually used in the context of public officials. 2. defalcation has another legal meaning referring to the setting-off of two debts owed between two people by the agreement to a new amount representing the balance
789. Deem
to accept a document or an event as conclusive of a certain status in the absence of evidence or facts which would normally be required to prove that status
790. Deed