The defense is a document that the defendant (person), counterclaim, appellee and respondent (respondent) reply and refute the contents of the complaint, counterclaim, appeal and retrial application (complaint) within the statutory time limit, and it is one of the most frequently used languages in the complaint. The right of defense is a right given to the parties in the defendant position by law. They have the freedom to deal with the right of defense, and they can reply or be silent. However, due to the significance of defense, defense is conducive to protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the defendant (person); It is conducive to the people's court to judge right and wrong on the basis of a comprehensive understanding of the case and make a correct judgment. Therefore, we should pay enough attention to the right of reply and actively submit a reply in the form of a reply.
Legal basis: Article 28 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) may engage in the following businesses:
(a) to accept the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations as legal advisers;
(two) to accept the entrustment of the parties in civil cases and administrative cases, to act as agents and to participate in litigation;
(3) Accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants in criminal cases or legal aid agencies to act as defenders according to law, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives to participate in litigation as agents;
(four) to accept the entrustment and represent the complaints of various litigation cases;
(five) to accept the entrustment and participate in mediation and arbitration activities;
(6) Accepting entrustment to provide non-litigation legal services;
(seven) to answer questions about the law and write litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.