zagovor
1. upravičevanje, zagovor, obramba
the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc. [dejanje opravičevanja ali obrambe pred kritiko ali grajo ipd.]
2. zagovor, obramba, apologija
a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly [formalna pisna obramba nečesa, v kar trdno verjamete]
3. zagovor, odgovor na tožbo
an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed [odgovor, ki navaja, zakaj bi tožbeni zahtevek moral biti zavrnjen]
4. obramba, zagovor
the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims [glavna odgovorilna beseda s strani toženca v odziv na tožnikovo tožbo; v kazenskem pravu vsebuje besede 'kriv' ali 'nekriv' (ali nolo contendere), v civilnem pravu pa mora vsebovati zanikanja vseh trditev tožbe, ki jih toženec želi spodbijati, in lahko vsebuje pozitivne obrambe ali protiobtožbe.]