Defence
in sentence
198 examples of Defence in a sentence
But the chemist took up the
defence
of letters.
'How different for me,' he said with a sigh, 'if I were arriving in this noble fortress to be a sublieutenant in one of the regiments entrusted with its defence!'Besancon is not merely one of the most charming towns in France, it abounds in men and women of feeling and spirit.
It is always I who am obliged to take up her
defence.
But what
defence
have you left if I choose to take an extreme case, if I am so unkind as to make Julien's father a Spanish Duke, a prisoner of war at Besancon in Napoleon's time, who, from a scruple of conscience, acknowledges him on his deathbed?'
When the gaoler saw the meal come to an end without any attempt at corruption:'The friendship that I feel for you, Monsieur Julien,' he began, with a false, winning air, 'obliges me to speak; although they may say that it is against the interests of justice, because it may help you to arrange your
defence
...Monsieur Julien, who has a good heart, will be glad if I tell him that Madame de Renal is going on well.''What!
The trial, the annoyance of appearing in public, the defence, he regarded as so many trifling embarrassments, tiresome ceremonies of which it would be time to think when the day came.
FRAU VON GOETHEThis conversation was interrupted by a judicial examination, followed by a conference with the lawyer retained for the
defence.
One day, he ventured to suggest to Julien that this allegation, whether true or false, would be an excellent line of
defence.
He prepared his defence, because the decisive moment was rapidly approaching.
He's got a very good reputation as a
defence
barrister and for working with the poor.
He had often wondered whether it might not be a good idea to work out a written
defence
and hand it in to the court.
There was no doubt of the advantages a written
defence
of this sort would have over relying on the lawyer, who was anyway not without his shortcomings.
They would be very important because the first impression made by the
defence
will often determine the whole course of the proceedings.
As a result, the accused and his
defence
don't have access even to the court records, and especially not to the indictment, and that means we generally don't know - or at least not precisely - what the first documents need to be about, which means that if they do contain anything of relevance to the case it's only by a lucky coincidence.
Conditions like this, of course, place the
defence
in a very unfavourable and difficult position.
In fact,
defence
is not really allowed under the law, it's only tolerated, and there is even some dispute about whether the relevant parts of the law imply even that.
They want, as far as possible, to prevent any kind of defence, everything should be made the responsibility of the accused.
This is when the
defence
begins.
Counsel for the
defence
are not normally allowed to be present while the accused is being questioned, so afterwards, and if possible still at the door of the interview room, he has to learn what he can about it from him and extract whatever he can that might be of use, even though what the accused has to report is often very confused.
And, of course, there's no way of defending yourself from this, something said in private is indeed in private and cannot then be used in public, it's not something that makes it easy for the
defence
to keep those gentlemen's favour.
On the other hand, it's also true that the gentlemen don't become involved with the
defence
- which will of course be done with great expertise - just for philanthropic reasons or in order to be friendly, in some respects it would be truer to say that they, too, have it allocated to them.
They're only allowed to deal with that part of the trial which the law allocates them, and they usually know less about the results of their work after it's left them than the
defence
does, even though the
defence
will usually stay in contact with the accused until the trial is nearly at its end, so that the court officials can learn many useful things from the
defence.
K. could not tell, but it seemed clear to him that his
defence
was not in good hands.
The decision to take his
defence
into his own hands now seemed more of a burden than he had originally assumed.
All the while he had left his
defence
up to the lawyer his trial had had little basic affect on him, he had observed it from afar as something that was scarcely able to reach him directly, when it suited him he looked to see how things stood but he was also able to draw his head back again whenever he wanted.
Now, in contrast, if he was to conduct his
defence
himself, he would have to devote himself entirely to the court - for the time being, at least - success would mean, later on, his complete and conclusive liberation, but if he was to achieve this he would have to place himself, to start with, in far greater danger than he had been in so far.
How could he have sat there totally convinced of the need to do his own
defence?
Did a carefully worked out
defence
- and any other sort would have made no sense - did a carefully worked out
defence
not also mean he would need to shut himself off from everything else as much as he could?
"Oh no," said the painter in
defence
of his window, "as it can't be opened this room retains the heat better than if the window were double glazed, even though it's only a single pane.
Chapter EightBlock, the businessman - Dismissing the lawyerK. had at last made the decision to withdraw his
defence
from the lawyer.
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