attainder
civil death | cancellation of civil rights |
Secretary of Defense
Defense Secretary | the position of the head of the Department of Defense, the position of Defense Secretary was created in |
tort
civil wrong | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought |
| anti-takeover defense | resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover |
| civil censorship | military censorship of civilian communications (correspondence or printed matter of films) entering or leaving of circulating within territories controlled by armed forces |
| defense defence | the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury, a good boxer needs a good defense, defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem |
| defense defence | protection from harm, sanitation is the best defense against disease |
self-defense
self-defence
self-protection | the act of defending yourself |
defense
defence
defensive measure | (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies, they died in the defense of Stalingrad, they were developed for the defense program |
| air defense | defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles or to nullify their effectiveness |
| active air defense | air defense by the use aircraft or missiles or artillery or electronic countermeasures |
| passive air defense | air defense by the use of deception or dispersion or protective construction |
| civil defense | activities organized by civilians for their own protection in time of war or disaster |
hasty defense
hasty defence | a defense organized while in contact with the enemy or when time is limited |
deliberate defense
deliberate defence | a defense organized before contact is made with the enemy and while time for organization is available, usually includes a fortified zone (with pillboxes) and communication systems |
biological defense
biological defence
biodefense
biodefence | procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents |
chemical defense
chemical defence | procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using chemical agents |
| civil war | a war between factions in the same country |
biological warfare defense
biological warfare defence
BW defense
BW defence | defense against biological warfare |
| civil marriage | a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman |
| civil disobedience | a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination), Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience |
| civil contempt | a failure to follow a court order that benefits someone else |
| civil suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant |
| civil action | legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) |
defense defence denial
demurrer | a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him, he gave evidence for the defense |
American Civil War
United States Civil War
War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
| English Civil War | civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I, - |
| Spanish Civil War | civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government, during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries, - |
| basic point defense missile system | a shipboard missile system |
| defense laboratory | a laboratory devoted to research and development for national defense |
defense system
defence system | the weaponry available for the defense of a region |
defensive structure
defense
defence | a structure used to defend against attack, the artillery battered down the defenses |
line of defense
line of defence | defensive structure consisting of a barrier that can be employed for defense against attack |
missile defense system
missile defence system | naval weaponry providing a defense system |
| civil right | right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the th and th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality |
| civil liberty | fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference |
defense program
defense policy
defence program
defence policy | a program for defending a country against its enemies |
| civil engineering | the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridges |
Roman law
Justinian code
civil law jus civile | the legal code of ancient Rome, codified under Justinian, the basis for many modern systems of civil law |
defense
defence
vindication | the justification for some act or belief, he offered a persuasive defense of the theory |
refutation
defense defence | the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions, his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive, in defense he said the other man started it |
Ulster Defence Association
UDA | the major Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, responsible for bombing the homes of Catholics and for criminal racketeering and selling drugs |
United Self-Defense Force of Colombia
United Self-Defense Group of Colombia
Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia
AUC | a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups, is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members, the AUC conducted over assassinations in one year |
line of defense
line of defence | any organization whose responsibility it is to defend against something, police are the major line of defense against crime |
defense defence defense force
defence force | an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack, he joined the defense against invasion |
defense
defence
defense team
defense lawyers | the defendant and his legal advisors collectively, the defense called for a mistrial |
| defense defence defending team | (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring, his teams are always good on defense |
Department of Defense
Defense Department
United States Department of Defense
Defense DoD | the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States, created in |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DARPA | the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense, responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since
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Department of Defense Laboratory System
LABLINK | a defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness |