At the centre of Alfred's reformed military defence system was a network of fortresses, or burhs, distributed at strategic points throughout the kingdom.

Regulatory Arbitrage was used for the first time in 2005 when it was applied by Scott V. Simpson, a partner at law firm Skadden, Arps, to refer to a new defence tactic in hostile mergers and acquisitions where differing takeover regimes in deals involving multi-jurisdictions are exploited to the advantage of a target company under threat.

With the Mirage III withdrawn, the air defence of Brasília and region is done temporarily by a mix of F-5s from 1st GAv and 1st / 14th GAv until 10 Mirage 2000Cs and two Mirage 2000B bought from French Air Force surplus stocks arrive at Anápolis.

The only forces immediately available for Vienna's defence were Prince Louis of Baden's force of 36, 000 stationed in the Lines of Stollhofen to watch Marshal Tallard at Strasbourg ; there was also a weak force of 10, 000 men under Field Marshal Count Limburg Styrum observing Ulm.

Marlborough skillfully encouraged this apprehension by constructing bridges across the Rhine at Philippsburg, a ruse that not only encouraged Villeroi to come to Tallard's aid in the defence of Alsace, but one that ensured the French plan to march on Vienna remained paralysed by uncertainty.

It is suggested that had Elihu appeared in the original source, his spirited and virtuous defence of the divine right to punish would have been rewarded by God in the conclusion, or at the very least mentioned.

The case of R v Dudley and Stephens, in which two men were found guilty of murder for killing and eating a cabin boy while adrift at sea in a lifeboat, set the precedent that necessity is no defence to a charge of murder.

Mail armour provided an effective defence against slashing blows by an edged weapon and penetration by thrusting and piercing weapons ; in fact a study conducted at the Royal Armouries at Leeds concluded that " it is almost impossible to penetrate using any conventional medieval weapon " Generally speaking, mail's resistance to weapons is determined by four factors: linkage type ( riveted, butted, or welded ), material used ( iron versus bronze or steel ), weave density ( a tighter weave needs a thinner weapon to surpass ), and ring thickness ( generally ranging from 18 to 14 gauge in most examples ).

While the passes were at best a dubious defence of his capture, British admiralty and vice-admiralty courts ( especially in North America ) heretofore had often winked at privateers ' excesses into piracy, and Kidd may have been hoping that the passes would provide the legal fig leaf that would allow him to keep the Quedagh Merchant and her cargo.

If one is convicted at the district court, the defence can make an appeal on procedural grounds to the supreme court.

Its primary tasks are ; NATO participation in accordance with the strategy of the alliance, detect and repel any sovereignty violation of Danish territory ( including Greenland and the Faroe Islands ), defence cooperation with non-NATO members, especially Central and East European countries, international missions in the area of conflict prevention, crises-control, humanitarian, peacemaking, peacekeeping, participate in Total Defence in cooperation with civilian resources and finally maintain a sizable force to execute these tasks at all times.

He also served as Prime Minister of Albania from 1944 to 1954 and at various times served as foreign minister and defence minister as well.

Finland became a full member of the European Union ( EU ) in January 1995, at the same time acquiring observer status in the EU's defence arm, the Western European Union.

Vaillant in his study of defence mechanisms took as a central example of ' an immature defence ... fantasy-living in a " Walter Mitty " dream world where you imagine you are successful and popular, instead of making real efforts to make friends and succeed at a job '.

Two Foreign Legion companies led the defence at the celebrated Siege of Tuyên Quang ( 24 November 1884 to 3 March 1885 ).

Germany is at the forefront of European states seeking to advance the creation of a more unified European political, defence, and security apparatus.

Angola, at the presidency of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries ( CPLP ) since 2010, has since March 21, 2011, a military mission in Guinea-Bissau ( MISSANG ) to assist the reform in sector of defence and security.

In the English civil war, he made a notable defence of the house at Caldecote, Warwickshire, which he had acquired through marriage.

The events were described by the Jewish leader / historian Josephus, including the desperate defence of Jotapata, the siege of Jerusalem ( 69 – 70 CE ) and heroic last stand at Masada under Eleazar ben Yair ( 72 – 73 CE ).

The Samanids fled, betrayed at the hands of Faik to whom the defence of Herāt had been entrusted by Nuh III.

On becoming Prime Minister Major had promised to keep Britain " at the very heart of Europe ", and claimed to have won " game, set and match for Britain " – by negotiating the social chapter and single currency opt-outs from the Maastricht Treaty, and by ensuring that there was no overt mention of a " Federal " Europe and that foreign and defence policy were kept as matters of inter-governmental cooperation, in separate " pillars " from the supranational European Union.

And now, O Lord, what remains to a wretch like me, but instead of defence, earnestly to supplicate you not to judge that fearful abandonment of your Word according to its deserts, from which in your wondrous goodness you have at last delivered me.

The first line of defence in salamanders and frogs is the mucous secretion that they produce.

This is not the first instance of this tactic — the women of the Cimbri, in the Battle of Vercellae against Gaius Marius, were stationed in a line of wagons and acted as a last line of defence.

Penalties on the offence may, or may not, result in a loss of down ; penalties on the defence may result in a first down being automatically awarded to the offence.

Penalties do not affect the yard line which the offence must reach in order to reach first down ( unless the penalty results in a first down being awarded ); if a penalty against the defence results in the first down yardage being attained, then the offence is awarded a first down.

For example, a point-of-foul infraction committed by the defence in their end zone is not ruled a touchdown, but instead advances the ball to the one-yard line with an automatic first down.

One of the oldest is Dublin Castle, which was first founded as a major defensive work on the orders of King John of England in 1204, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, when it was commanded that a castle be built with strong walls and good ditches for the defence of the city, the administration of justice, and the protection of the King ’ s treasure.

In the defence sector, Ecuador became the first country to sign a contract for purchasing the Indian made Dhruv helicopters of which one will be for use by its President.

It was the first case where preventing property damage caused by climate change has been used as part of a " lawful excuse " defence in court.

Three years later in Switzerland, Heinrich Hoessli published the first volume of Eros: Die Männerliebe der Griechen (" Eros: The Male-love of the Greeks "), another defence of same-sex love.

In 2010, Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 2 – 1 at Wembley to retain the League Cup, its first successful defence of a knockout cup competition.

Consequently, both preferred a small standing army under civilian control for defensive deterrence and to prosecute foreign wars, a large navy as the first line of national defence, and a militia composed of their neighbours as additional defence and to preserve domestic order.

This is also recognised as the first defence of Swarajya

The British were the first to fully exploit radar as a defence against aircraft attack.

Guy's claim was challenged by Conrad of Montferrat, second husband of Sibylla's half-sister, Isabella: Conrad, whose defence of Tyre had saved the kingdom in 1187, was supported by Philip of France, son of his first cousin Louis VII of France, and by another cousin, Duke Leopold V of Austria.

The history of Zosimus was first printed in the Latin translation of Leunclavius, accompanied by a defence of the historian ( Basel, 1576, fol .).

In his first speech to the Conservative Party conference as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence on 14 October 1965, Powell outlined a fresh defence policy, jettisoning what he saw as outdated global military commitments left over from Britain's imperial past and stressing that Britain was a European power and therefore an alliance with Western European states from possible attack from the East was central to Britain's safety.

Adams served as its first and only " Premier ", but his leadership failed in attempts to form similar unions, and his continued defence of the monarchy was used by his opponents as evidence that he was no longer in touch with the needs of his country.

A fourth objective was also given for the first day but was only to be attempted opportunistically, in places where the German defence had collapsed.

The king first took refuge in Gloucester ( where he arrived on 9 October ) and then fled to South Wales in order to make a defence in Despenser's lands.

After this first victorious defence, thanks to a massive line of walls, Hasta suffered for the barbarian invasions which stormed Italy after the fall of the Western Empire, and declined economically.