Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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imperfect self-defense
See SELF-DEFENSE.
perfect self-defense
The use of force by one who accurately appraises the necessity and the amount of force to repel an attack. 2. Int'L law. The right of a state to defend itself against a real or threatened attack. - Also spelled (esp. in BrE) self-defence. - self-defender, n. "Self-defence, properly understood, is a legal right, and as with other legal rights the question whether a specific state of facts warrants its exercise is a legal question. It is not a question on which a state is entitled, in any special sense, to be a judge in its own cause." J.L. Brierly, The Law of Nations 319 (5th ed. 1955). self-destruction See SUICIDE.