defect
101defect experiment — observation of an embryo, after destruction of a region or part, to ascertain the effect on development …
102defect structure — relating to the kinds and concentrations of vacancies and interstitials in a ceramic compound …
103defect notice — /ˈdifɛkt ˌnoʊtəs/ (say deefekt .nohtuhs) noun an official notice to a driver that his or her vehicle is defective, indicating the time by which repairs should be made …
104defect of parties — Insufficiency of the parties before a court in any given proceeding to give it jurisdiction and authority to decide the controversy, arising from the omission or failure to join plaintiffs or defendants who should have been brought in. Rules of… …
105defect of substance — An imperfection in the body or substantive part of a legal instrument, plea, indictment, etc., consisting in the omission of something which is essential to be set forth. Sweeney v. Greenwood IndexJournal Co., D.C.S.C., 37 F.Supp. 484, 487 …
106defect of parties — Insufficiency of the parties before a court in any given proceeding to give it jurisdiction and authority to decide the controversy, arising from the omission or failure to join plaintiffs or defendants who should have been brought in. Rules of… …
107defect of substance — An imperfection in the body or substantive part of a legal instrument, plea, indictment, etc., consisting in the omission of something which is essential to be set forth. Sweeney v. Greenwood IndexJournal Co., D.C.S.C., 37 F.Supp. 484, 487 …
108defect in ways, works, or machinery — Imperfections which render the ways, works or machinery less fit for the use for which they were intended, subsisting in some inherent condition of a permanent nature; some weakness of construction with reference to the proposed uses; some… …
109defect of form or substance — If the right of the party pleading sufficiently appears to the court, although the pleading does not conform to the established method of procedure, the pleading is said to be defective in matter of form. But if the right does not sufficiently… …
110defect of heirs — The want of inheritable blood which, upon the death of the tenant, was one of the causes of escheat under feudal tenure. See 2 Bl Comm 245 …
