Self Defense

The act of defending ones own person property or reputation...

The Japanese art of self defense without weapons now widely used as a system of physical training It depends for its efficiency largely upon the principle of making clever use of an opponents strength weight and movements to disable or injure him and by applying pressure so that his opposing movement will throw him out of balance dislocate or break a joint etc It opposes knowledge and skill to brute strength and demands an extensive practical knowledge of human anatomy...

judo

a sport adapted from jujitsu originally a method of self defense without weapons and similar to wrestling it was developed in Japan...

jiujitsu

a method of self defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attackers own weight and strength...

murder

murder [partly from Old English morthor; partly from Old French murdre, of Germanic origin] the crime of unlawfully and unjustifiably killing another under circumstances defined by statute (as with premeditation) ;esp such a crime committed purposely, knowingly, and recklessly with extreme indifference to human life or during the course of a serious felony (as robbery or rape) compare cold blood, cooling time, homicide, manslaughter NOTE: Self-defense, necessity, and lack of capacity for criminal responsibility (as because of insanity) are defenses to a charge of murder. Most state statutes and the U.S. Code divide murder into two degrees. Florida, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania currently have three degrees of murder. Some states do not assign degrees of murder. [di-pr?vd-h rt-] a murder that is the result of an act which is dangerous to others and shows that the perpetrator has a depraved mind and no regard for human life NOTE: Depraved-heart murder is usually considered second- or...

Chance medley

The killing of another in self defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter See Chaud Medley...

reasonable

reasonable 1 a : being in accordance with reason, fairness, duty, or prudence b : of an appropriate degree or kind c : supported or justified by fact or circumstance [a belief that force was necessary for self-defense] d : commercially reasonable 2 : applying reason or logic ;broadly : rational [a mind] rea·son·able·ness n rea·son·ably adv ...

overt act

overt act 1 : an act directed toward another person that indicates an intent to kill or harm and that justifies self-defense 2 : an outward act that is done in furtherance of a conspiracy, of treason, or of the crime of attempt and that is usually a required element of such crimes for conviction even if it is legal in itself ...

means

means 1 a : something enabling one to achieve a desired end [a of self-defense] b : cause 2 : resources (as income and assets) at one's disposal ...

color

color : a legal claim to or appearance of a right or authority [threats that gave to an act of self-defense] usually used in the phrase under color of [a police officer held liable for violating the plaintiff's civil rights under of state law] [a second “search” under of warrant "W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel"] ...

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