Self-Defense
(n) Self defense is the action by which a person protects himself from any bodily harm arising out of an encounters or attacks from other person either by protecting him or by blocking the opponents advancement by a counter attack.
DEFENSE, SELF-DEFENSE - A defense to certain criminal charges involving force (e.g. murder).
Self-defense - The claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.
self-defense
n. the use of reasonable force to protect oneself or members of the family from bodily harm from the attack of an aggressor, if the defender has reason to believe he/she/they is/are in danger.
Self-Defense - The protection of one's person or property against some injury attempted by another. The law of "self-defense" justifies an act done in the reasonable belief of immediate danger.
self-defense
An affirmative defense to a crime. Self-defense is the use of reasonable force to protect oneself from an aggressor. Self-defense shields a person from criminal liability for the harm inflicted on the aggressor.
A self-defense claim that a defendant is incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong or of controlling his or her impulses as a result of being subjected to prolonged physical or mental abuse, i.e.
Imperfect self-defense: allowed only in a limited number of jurisdictions in the United States. Self-defence is a complete defence to murder.
Invade your neighbor’s land to murder his children and call it self-defense. You will pay a heavy price that God ordains. Give to those in need and God will reward you in ways past understanding.
see also self-defense
2 a : the theory or ground that forms the basis for a defendant's opposition to an allegation in a complaint or to a charge in a charging instrument (as an indictment)
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Abuse Excuse A type of self-defense claim with which defendants seek to justify their actions by proving that they were subjected to years of prolonged child or spousal abuse.
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Affirmative Defense - Without denying the charge, the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity, self-defense or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.
Affiant - A person who makes and signs an affidavit.
Affirmative Defense - Apart from denying a charge or claim, a defendant may assert affirmative defenses such as insanity, self-defense or entrapment to avoid criminal responsibility, ...
(1) excusable - the result of a lawful act when no hurt was intended or from an act of self-defense;
(2) criminal - the result of any wrongful act without any excuse or justification in law; or ...
A defense raised in a responsive pleading (answer) relating a new matter as a defense to the complaint; affirmative defenses might include contributory negligence or estopped in civil actions; in criminal cases insanity, duress, or self-defense might ...
 See also: Defense, State, Law, Action, Person
  
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