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DEF 
otha executed by livery or ean being allowed in thofe 
Gays of fimphicity and truth ; when ufes were after- 
ee introduced, a revocation of ck ufes was permitted by 
the courts of equity. But things that were merely executory, 
or to be completed by matter fubfequent, (as rents, of which 
no fcfin could be had till the time of payment ; and fo alio 
annuities, conditions, warrranties, and the like) were always 
liable to be recalled by aa aa made fubfequent to the 
time of their creation. (Co. e2375) 2o oe defeazance, 
on a bond, or Se manos. or ft iieaen recovered, 1s a 
cndiGon, which, en performed, feats or undo 
2 Sand. 47. s, like the condition of a bond, ‘when 
per S jena. alcharges 2 and difencumbers the eftate of tae 
obligee. To make a good defeazance it mutt be, 1. By deed; 
for there cannot be a defeezance of a decd without a deed; 
maternal part thereof. 
perfon ns who were partics to the frft dee 
‘made at the time of, or after, the firft de ok and not before. 
: DEFEAT, ina fly eb Ast aaa to the in- 
ability o refit the of another, and its 
viene the ficld the fuperior. eee of its adverfary. 
Such we may, for the moft part, confider to be the juft de- 
finition of this term; and we may, generally fpeaking, view 
a defeat as being attended with certain lofles and ‘difadvan- 
tages. But we have numerous inftances on record, where- 
in it appears that armies driven nue the ficid, have retired 
ander fuch refpectable circumfances, and with their power 
fo perfeGtly compatted, as to ee it imprudent, uay im- 
praGicable, to purfue, or to follow t idtory. It is, 
in fa&, under the cirenmftance of inability to maintain his 
ground, that a general’s abilities will become moit confpi- 
cuous. If the arrangement has been made merely upon a 
d, and without due confideration in 
t fome particular poft, no longer tenable; or fome 
fuch partial Ciladvantage ; and the whole will. jee a new 
g to previous pera iain f make 
fome degree, by checking pint, and 
avoiding the neceflity of aoe relinguifhing t eld. 
Sham sys bave acon been ufed as devices for aie 
g ho ee or bie canting a part the 
aie corps; fo that th abe nt followers might be ud- 
cenly flanked by parties, concealed e purpo r de- 
tached from other par he line; and advantage be taken 
a: reak 
ry hazardous ; it being 
difficult to infpire retiring troops with confidence, or to 
and return to the charge, at the precife 
oe aoe to be made of a thing defeafible. 1 Init. 236. ; 
DEF 
tion, fuccefs would probably ae ape a amidft the in- 
en {moke and 
the poffibility of ee em conan, much 
more of individual inftruction, 
that he may, if defeated, aa lefs time for the enemy to 
take advantage of his mistortun 
DEFE pad ON) cao 2& of a sedodioe: or relinguifhing, 
/ 
ns, 0 Cae are 
{uch as want either a whole number or a particular: cafe, or 
i- 
are ay indeclinabie. 
3. 
he term seen is alfo applied to a verb that has not 
all its moods and tenfes. 
DErecrive Tira in Mufi 
and DeEriciEn 
Derzctive fifth. When upon the firft inverfion of the 
mixed cadence, the fixth of the [ubmediant (or fourth of the 
fcale) is accidentally fharpened, the chord of the extreme 
fharp fixth is formed, the radical bafe of which is the fu-- 
pertonic of the key, and its fifth is allowed to be flat or de- 
feftive, that the origi inal minor — pe not be totally de- 
ftreved. See oe s Muf. Gram. 219. 
Desrective Scale. Dr Smith a applied this name to a 
fyftem of tempera ent defcribed ee nim, wherein t 
on and ae ne equally quic o 
a 
See Dimrnisep Third, 
fending from t 
fi oe ae a omma, leaving a wolf between 
b Aandh E, wherein the fifth j is tharpened T4258 + 14m. 
See TEMPERAMENT. 
The term defeétive f{cales is fometimes applied generally 
all the uitage sen or fyftem wherein only 12 notes are 
or within the o€tav 
DEFECTUM, Chats Propter. See CHALLENGE 
DEFENCE ry <cceptation, means ie refifts 
ance made - ar inferior ee or by troops that have taken 
a would lead us into volumes 
fubjects ; we fhall, however, fate, gee in the ‘event er pro- 
tractio 
Without poe Baek ne a 
fiege of Troy attradted he eee of all the then ee 
ftates, we may refer our readers to modern events fufficiently 
eminent, and ex emplary, to claim the notice ef thofe who 
may be interefted in this branch of honourable emulation. 
when befieged by the French, and d by marthal 
count Daun, to be one of the moft brilliant exploits record- 
i annals of military hiftory. ith a very ‘few bat- 
talions, but firmly fupported by the fia fpirit and private 
efteem of the inhabitants, he held o ear feven months, 
gaint a force of fuil feventy thoufand. men, although the 
defences of the town were in many parts co mpletely demo- 
lithed, and the greater part of the interior deftroyed by the 
enemics’ mortar batteries. Under fuch circumftances, with a 
perfon lefs endued with courage and refolution, a mind 
capable of. finding refources in fituations prom 
ply or means cf repulfion, Turin wouid infallibly as fare 
xendered ; but the count’s ingenuity was equal to - 
