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Definition of Self-defence

1. Noun. The act of defending yourself.

Definition of Self-defence

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of self-defense) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-defence

Literary usage of Self-defence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution by Albert Venn Dicey (1902)
"NOTE IV THE RIGHT OF self-defence How far has an individual a right to defend his person, liberty, or property, against unlawful violence by force, ..."

2. Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution by Albert Venn Dicey (1897)
"Let it further be remarked that the right of natural self- defence, even when it is recognised by the law, " does not imply " a right of attacking, ..."

3. Ethics: Or, Moral Philosophy by Walter Henry Hill (1884)
"OF self-defence. A person may employ any legitimate means which is necessary ... The right of self defence includes in its object not only one's own life, ..."

4. Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution by Albert Venn Dicey (1893)
"E How far has an individual a right to defend his person, liberty, or property, against unlawful violence by force, or (if we use the word " self-defence ..."

5. Commentaries on the Laws of England by Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley, William Wait, William Blackstone (1875)
"Homicide in self-defence, or se defendendo, upon a sudden r * ^-igi affray ... This species of self-defence (г.) Homicide in must be distinguished from that ..."

6. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton, Richard Henry Dana (1866)
"Among these is the right of self-defence. This self-defence again involves the right to require the military service of the equal all its people, ..."

7. The Law of Torts: A Treatise on the Principles of Obligations Arising from by Frederick Pollock (1908)
"self-defence (or rather private defence (q), for defence Self- of one's self is not ... Therefore it would be a grave mistake to regard self-defence as a ..."

8. The Law of Torts: A Treatise on the Principles of Obligations Arising from by Frederick Pollock (1890)
"self-defence (or rather private defence (p), for defence Self- of one's self is not ... Therefore it would be a grave mistake to regard self-defence as a ..."

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