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- noun See
self-defense .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
self-defense .
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- noun the act of defending yourself
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Examples
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It went way beyond what we define as self-defence.
The Guardian World News Declan Walsh 2011
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His government, meanwhile, insisted the shooting of an unarmed bin Laden during a daring raid in Pakistan was lawful and in national self-defence.
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A collective right to an armed public may not find that so offensive as an individual right to a means of self-defence would.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Second Amendment and People with Medical Marijuana User Cards 2010
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LarryA says: readery: One possible difficulty is that, while by ordinary common-law considerations, threats of force as a lesser means of self-defence would be justifiable in more circumstances than actual force (just as nondeadly force would be justifiable in more circumstances than deadly force), the statute may have reduced the set of circumstances where threats are legal to just those where actual force is.
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In self-defence, she kills him, draining his ability and hides the body in horror of her crime.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Jackie Petrelli’s Review Forum 2009
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I think there is a fundamental right to self-defence both collectively and individually.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Second Amendment and People with Medical Marijuana User Cards 2010
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No more stories about self-defence, no no no that's over because you, you are the fanatics in the Middle East, you are the nation of hate and you are the criminals ...
Lauren Booth - unbiased? Not a sheep 2009
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One possible difficulty is that, while by ordinary common-law considerations, threats of force as a lesser means of self-defence would be justifiable in more circumstances than actual force (just as nondeadly force would be justifiable in more circumstances than deadly force), the statute may have reduced the set of circumstances where threats are legal to just those where actual force is.
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Terrorism, as in this case, can as exactly be self-defence, a freedom struggle, martyrdom, the conclusion of an argument based on true humanity, etc.
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The Fundamental Rights Theory (given a great boost by Heller) holds that the rkba is a manifestation of a fundamental human right to self-defence.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Second Amendment and People with Medical Marijuana User Cards 2010
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