defended

adjectif

1. 1

   Having defenses.

   For example, in the boreal forest where browsing by hares in winter is an important source of mortality, the juvenile-phase is more defended chemically against browsing by hares in winter than is the conspecific mature-phase (Table 2).

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

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

2. 2

   In which the defendant responds to the allegations made against them, typically by filing a defense or counterclaim in court.

   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.

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

   The Court of Appeal used the case to make a strong call for the removal of fault-based grounds, arguably at the expense of deciding in Mrs Owens' favour, and openly acknowledged that a lower threshold for behaviour is used in undefended cases scrutinised by a legal adviser at a divorce centre rather than a judge in a court in a defended case.

verbe

1. 1

   Aussi une forme de defendsimple past and past participle of defend

Formes

comparatif

more defended

superlatif

most defended