Self Defense - Law Dictionary Search Results
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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
exculpatory no doctrine
in response to a federal investigator's question NOTE: This doctrine is based on the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, and is often used as a defense to a charge of knowingly making a false statement. The doctrine
Battered Woman's syndrome
buffered by a woman repeatedly abused by a mate (as a husband), Battered Woman's syndrome is used as defense to violent criminal charges (as homicide). Evidence of repeated abuse is used to show that the defendant acted … violent criminal charges (as homicide). Evidence of repeated abuse is used to show that the defendant acted in self-defence even though the threat or danger was not imminent; Battered Woman's syndrome is also used as a mitigating
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