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defensive collateral estoppel.See COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL. [Blacks Law 8th]

defensive allegation.See ALLEGATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

defensiva (dee-fen-sI-v<<schwa>>), n.[Latin “a protector”] Hist. A warden  of the Marches, being one of many lords appointed by the Crown to defend England’s borders. [Blacks Law 8th]

Defense Threat Reduction Agency.A unit in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for reducing  the  risk  of  and  defending against attacks  that  involve  nuclear,  chemical,  biological,  or other weapons of mass destruction. • The Agency was created in 1998. — Abbr. DTRA. [Blacks Law 8th]

Defense  Security  Service.A  unit  in  the  U.S.  Department  of  Defense  responsible  for conducting personnel investigations and providing industrial-security products and services to the Department and  other  agencies. • The  agency  was  formerly  known  as  the  Defense  Investigative Service. — Abbr. DSS. [Blacks Law 8th]

Defense Security Cooperation Agency.A unit in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for  fostering  and  overseeing  security-cooperation  arrangements  and  for  promoting  security relationships with U.S. friends and allies. — Abbr. DSCA. [Blacks Law 8th]

defense of self.See SELF-DEFENSE. [Blacks Law 8th]

defense of property.A justification defense available if one harms or threatens another when defending  one’s  property.  See  JUSTIFICATION(2).  [Cases:  Assault  and  Battery    69;  Homicide 758. C.J.S. Assault and Battery §§ 94–95.] [Blacks Law 8th]

defense of premises.See defense of habitation under DEFENSE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

defense  of  others.A  justification  defense  available  if  one  harms  or  threatens  another  when defending  a  third  person.  See  JUSTIFICATION(2).  [Cases:  Assault and  Battery    68; Homicide 757. C.J.S. Assault and Battery § 93.] [Blacks Law 8th]