Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In law, that which is offered and alleged by the defendant as a reason in law or fact why the plaintiff should not recover. Ability to resist or impede an attack of disease infection, or other phenomenon.  

In law, defendant in appellate court when the appeal is for review or writ of error.  

In law, the party against whom relief or recovery is sought in a court action. The person (or organization) against whom a lawsuit is brought. Commonly, the defendant in a lawsuit is the alleged wrongdoer who has injured the plaintiff (the person bringing the suit). In law, the person, entity, or party charged or sued…

In the study of mental retardation, a person who believes that the cognitive processes of retardation are quantitatively different from those of normal individuals, developmental theorist.  

To discharge fecal material from the large intestine and rectum. The act of passing out faeces from the bowels. Passage of feces out of the body; bowel movement. Process of elimination of end products of digestion by bowel movement. The elimination of feces or stool from the body in a bowel movement. Food is first…

To discharge excrement from the rectum defecation. To pass faeces out from the bowels through the anus.  

In education, the segregation of students by race and/or socioeconomic status resulting from circumstances such as housing patterns rather than from school policy or law.  

One who is in actual possession of an office without lawful title, de jure officer.  

In fact; in reality.  

Tularemia.