The words defense (AmE) or defence (CwE) can refer to any of the following: For defense of a doctoral dissertation see thesis committee For the military term see defense (military) Civil defense measures and emergency preparedness In politics, defense may be a euphemism for war In economics, defense means the defense industry. For defense against prosecution and liability see defense (legal) For defense against an attacker: s

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The concept of defense by insanity has existed since ancient Greece and Rome. The first complete transcript of an insanity trial dates 1724. Edward II, under English Common law, declared that a person was insane if their mental capacity was no more than that of a "Wild Beast". In Ford v. Wainwright (1975) the US Supreme Court ruled that insane prisoners cannot be executed. The insanity plea was legalized in the United States with the M'Naghten Rules, which came as a direct result of the attempted assassination of British Prime Ministe ...

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Zone defense is a type of defense used in sports which is the alternative to man-to-man defense; instead of each player guarding a corresponding player on the other team, each defensive player is given an area, or a "zone", to cover. While zone defense is most known for its use in basketball, it can be used in virtually all sports where a defending team is present. Zone defenses in basketball are listed by a set of numbers that correspond to the number of people on the front of the zone working its way to the back of the ...

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An affirmative defense is a defense used in litigation between private parties in common law jurisdictions. Affirmative defenses work to limit or excuse a defendant's liability even if the plaintiff's claim is proven, based on facts outside those claimed by the plaintiff. For example: arbitration and award is an affirmative defense asserting that the action's subject matter has previously been settled in arbitration. An affirmative defense must be timely pleaded by the defendant in order for the court to consider it, or ...

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The concept of defense by insanity has existed since ancient Greece and Rome. The first complete transcript of an insanity trial dates 1724. Edward II, under English Common law, declared that a person was insane if their mental capacity was no more than that of a "Wild Beast". In Ford v. Wainwright (1975) the US Supreme Court ruled that insane prisoners cannot be executed. The insanity plea was legalized in the United States with the McNaughten Rule, which came as a direct result of the attempted assassination of British Prime Ministe ...

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Chapter 24 of the Swedish criminal code states various conditions for which a person will not be sentenced in court for committing an otherwise criminal act. Self defense is considered grounds for non-conviction if the accused acted in a situation of peril and acted in a manner that is not "blatantly unjustifiable" in relation to that which is defended. A situation of peril is stated to exist if: a person is subjected to, or is in imminent danger of being subjected to, a criminal attack against property or person, or ...

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The defense of infancy is a form of defense known as an excuse so that defendants falling within the definition of an "infant" are excluded from criminal liability for their actions, if at the relevant time, they had not reached an age of criminal responsibility. After reaching the initial age, there may be levels of responsibility dictated by age and the type of offense allegedly committed. Defense of infancy - The age of criminal responsibility. Governments enact laws to label certain types ...

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Coastal defenses are objects and engineering techniques used to defend coasts against erosion and flooding. These may be hard engineering or soft engineering. In England and Wales, the term Coastal Protection is used to describe protection of the coast against erosion whilst the term Sea Defences is used from protection against flooding Hard engineering techniques involve building rock or concrete structures, most commonly sea walls, jetties, rock islands, rock aprons and breakwaters. Piles of large rocks are especially efficient at dissipating wave energy as they ...

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A defensive wall is a fortification used to defend a city from potential aggressors. In ancient to modern times, they were used to enclose settlements. Generally, these are referred to as city walls or town walls, although there were also walls, such as the Great Wall of China and the Atlantic Wall, which extended far beyond the borders of a city and were used to enclose vast regions. Walls are usually made of stone or clay and are generally as tall as a man's own height, although oftentimes much taller. Depending ...

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In jurisprudence, a "Twinkie defense" is a criminal defendant's claim that some unusual factor entered into the causes or motives of the alleged crime. This biological defense is a so-called "innovative defense", through which defendants argue that they should not be held criminally liable for actions which broke the law, as they were suffering from the effects of allergies, stimulants (such as coffee and nicotine), sugar, and/or vitamins. (It should be noted that the case which gave rise to the term did not actually contain an ...

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Civil defense is an effort to prepare civilians for military attack. It uses the principles of emergency operations: prevention, mitigation, preparation, response (evacuation), and recovery. Programs of this sort were initially discussed at least as early as the 1920s but it was only after the threat of nuclear weapons became realized that they became widespread. As the intensity of the Cold War waned emphasis shifted from military attack to emergencies and disasters in general. In the United States this eventually led to the replacem ...

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Civil defense - Conventional Civil defense - Nuclear Civil defense - Biological Civil defense - Chemical Civil defense - Information Warfare Civil defense - Other
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Civil defense - Implementation Civil defense - History

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A civil defense siren, air raid siren, outdoor warning siren, or tornado siren is usually considered to be an electrically-powered mechanical device for generating sound to provide warning of approaching danger and to indicate when the danger has passed. Initially designed to warn of air raids, they were adapted to warn of nuclear attack and of natural phenomena such as tornadoes. The generalized nature of the siren led to them being largely replaced with more con ...

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Defense of the Ancients - Concepts. Since DotA is a custom map, some of the game concepts are very different (and much simpler) from the original Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos or The Frozen Throne. The original game and the DotA custom map, however, do share some similarities, such as usage of modified Warcraft characters, adaptation of Warcraft spells such as Heal, and items such as Boots of Speed. For the DotA map, two bases are set at opposite corners of the map. In each base is situated a ...

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The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) is the name given to the former Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) by the administration of President Bill Clinton in 1993. This change in name was accompanied by a shift in emphasis from national missile defense to theater missile defense, i.e. from global to regional (and more feasible) coverage. The BMDO became better known in the public eye in 1994 when it launched a space probe, Clementine, to the Moon, in collaboration with NASA. The BMDO was primarily intere

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The National Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) encourages local communities to take an active role in an ongoing national debate about anti-terrorism measures that threaten civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, such as the USA PATRIOT Act. There are local Bill of Rights Defense Committees being created all over the United States. The BORDC provides up-to-date information and tools to strengthen education and discussion, as well as documenting and providing resources, technical assistance, and organizing strategies that communities can use to help protect civ ...

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The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated as DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. The Department of Defense controls the U.S. military and is headquartered at The Pentagon. It is headed by the Secretary of Defense, who is currently Donald Rumsfeld. United States Department of Defense - History. Proposals to coordinate the activities of the military services were initially considered ...

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In Defense of Women - General. In general, biographers describe Defense as "ironic:" it was not so much a defense of women as a critique of the relationship between the sexes. Topics covered by the book included "Woman's Equipment," "Compulsory Marriage," "The Emancipated Housewife," and "Women as Martyrs." Women were gaining rights, according to Mencken - the ability to partake in adultery without lasting public disgrace, the ability to divorce men, and even the notion of virginity, which remained as "one of the hollow conventions of Christianity." However, women by and large remained conservativ ...

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The legal status of self defense varies between jurisdictions. It has been generally held by most courts, as well as prescribed by statute law, that the degree of violence used in self defense must be comparable to the threat faced, so that deadly force should only be used in situations of "extreme" danger. For instance, in most jurisdictions, it is illegal to deliberately kill a petty thief that does not appear to be a physical threat. Many have ruled that self defense is only acceptable as a legal defense when the user doesn't have ...

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Defense justification, Defense justification - Legal status of self defense, Defense justification - Defense of others, Defense justification - Self defense law in the United Kingdom, Defense justification - Self defense law in the United States, Defense justification - Self defense law in Sweden, Defense justification - Subjective peril, Defense justification - Excess, Defense justification - Defense of others

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English law provides for the right of people to act in a manner that would be otherwise unlawful in order to preserve the physical integrity of themselves or others or to prevent any crime. It is provided in both common law and more specifically in the Criminal Law Act (1967). If such a defense is proved to the satisfaction of the court then the person is fully acquitted of the charges against them. The act of protection must fulfill a number of conditions in order to be lawful. The defendant must believe, rightly or wrongly, t ...

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