See Also: Dicotyledon(medicine)
dicotyledon(dictionary)

Defence (law) and dicotyledon (iou)


Defence (law)


(1) Arguments put to a court to show that a criminal charge or a civil claim has not been proved.



(2) The lawyers who try to persuade the court that an accused person is not guilty or that a civil claim has not been proved.

dicotyledon (iou)



dicotyledon noun. E18.
[mod. Latin dicotyledones pl., formed as DI-2 + COTYLEDON.]
Botany. A flowering plant having two cotyledons; a member of either of the two groups (Dicotyledoneae or Dicotyledones) into which flowering plants are classified. Cf. MONOCOTYLEDON.
dicotyledonous adjective L18.