from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
FULL DEFENCE, pleading. A denial of all wrong or injury. It is expressed in
the following formula: And the said C D, (the defendant,) by E F, his
attorney, comes, and defends the wrong or injury, (or force and injury,)
when and where it shall behoove him, and the damages and whatsoever else he
ought to defend." Bac. Ab. Pleas, &c. D; Co. Litt. 127 b; Lawes on Pl. 89; 2
Chit. Pl. 409; 2 Saund. 209 c; Gould on Pl. c. 2, Sec. 6. See Defence; Et
Cetera; Half Defence.