Definition of DEFEND in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DEFEND
To prohibit or forbid. To deny. To contest and endeavor to defeat a claim or demand made against one in a court of justice. Boehmer v. Irrigation Dist., 117 Cal, 19, 48 P. 908. To oppose, repel, or resist.
To protect, to shield, to make a stand for, or uphold by force or argument, vindicate, to maintain or keep secure, to guaranty, to agree to indemnify. Powell v. U. S., D.C.Va., 60 F.Supp. 433, 439.
Although a contract between mortgagee and mortgagor's creditor who purchased mortgaged automobile that creditor will "defend" mortgage against all suits, etc., was held to be contract to defend litigation, not to indemnify. Hall v. Cannon, 90 Colo. 465, 9 P.2d 1057.
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