Canonum De Ius Positivum
Canons of Positive Law
VII. Law
7.12 Defense of Law
Article 312 - Defense
Canon 3289 (link)
Defense is the rebuttal of formal accusations and charges of committing one or more offences through lawful process. Therefore, a Person charged with one or more offences is called a Defendant.
Canon 3292 (link)
A competent counsel is any man or woman demonstrating knowledge of appropriate criminal codes of law and court procedure having sworn to uphold and protect the integrity of the living law and obligations of Notarial procedure upon which the courts rely for fair remedy. A counsel who is not competent or has not sworn an oath to uphold and protect the living law may not appear as counsel.