noun
- plural of nondefense; arguments, positions, or strategies that do not constitute a valid legal defense or protection against a claim or charge
Usage: legal/formal; typically used in legal contexts to describe ineffective or inapplicable defenses
Examples
- The court dismissed the defendant's nondefenses as irrelevant to the case.
- His lawyer argued that most of the prosecution's counterarguments were merely nondefenses.
- The judge ruled that ignorance and nondefenses would not protect him from liability.
- Several nondefenses were raised during the trial but ultimately rejected by the jury.
- The attorney identified multiple nondefenses in the opposing counsel's brief.