IN SELF-DEFENSE

Definition: IN SELF-DEFENSE

IN SELF-DEFENSE

1. (Law), in protection of self, -- it being permitted in law to a party on whom a grave wrong is attempted to resist the wrong, even at the peril of the life of the assailiant. --Wharton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Modern Usage: IN SELF-DEFENSE

Domain	Usage
Clever	A tree never hits an automobile except in self-defense. (references; author: unknown)
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Commercial Usage: IN SELF-DEFENSE

Domain	Title
Books	Shoto-Kan Karate: The Ultimate in Self-Defense (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: IN SELF-DEFENSE

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Burundi	The Government also provided weapons to Hutu and Tutsi civilians in Bujumbura to be used in self-defense. (references)
	Dominican Republic	The officer said that his actions were in self-defense, but witnesses denied that Carmelo attacked the officer. (references)
	Dominican Republic	Police assert that the deaths of so-called delinquents resulted from shoot-outs requiring the police to act in self-defense. (references)
Women	Vietnam	Under the Penal Code it is a crime to use violence, threaten violence, take advantage of a victim being unable to act in self-defense, or resort to trickery to have sexual intercourse with a victim against that person's will. (references)
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Speeches: IN SELF-DEFENSE

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Our Judeo-Christian tradition recognizes the right of taking a life in self-defense.
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Modern Translations: IN SELF-DEFENSE

Language		Translations for "IN SELF-DEFENSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		önvédelemből (in self-defence). (various references)

Pig Latin		inay elf-defensesay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: IN SELF-DEFENSE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-e-f-f-i-l-n-n-s-s"
	-4 letters: neediness, selenides.
	-5 letters: defenses, effendis, fineness, finessed, idleness, lessened, linseeds, needless, selenide, sniffled, sniffles.
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