self-defense
Definition
Use of reasonable force (as compared with the attacker's force) in protection of one's person, family, property, or anyone else against attempted or threatened attack. Legal doctrine of self defense justifies a preemptive action taken in the reasonable belief of immediate danger, without making any retreat, and may (specially in case of provocation) condone killing of the perpetrator of a murderous attack.
self-defense is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
self-defense appears in the definitions of the following terms: overt act and affirmative defense
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