Self-defence
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defence of one's self · lawful resistance · private defence · self-defence
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The Law of Torts
The legal doctrine permitting a person to repel unlawful force with proportionate force in defence of self, family, or property.
Killing of animals in defence of property.
Injury to third persons from acts of self-defence.
Self-defence does not include the active assertion of a disputed right against an attempt to obstruct its exercise.
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
The principle that resisting an unlawful assault, such as slaveholding, is lawful self-defense rather than punishable violence.
This clause, then, so far as it relates to slavery, is a guaranty against the “violence” of slaveholding, not against any necessary act of self-defence on the part of the slave.