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SE DEFENDENDO, criminal law (law)


SE DEFENDENDO, criminal law. Defending himself. 2. Homicide, se defendendo, is that which takes place upon a sudden 2. Homicide, se defendendo, is that which takes place upon a sudden rencounter, where two persons upon a sudden quarrel, without premeditation rencounter, where two persons upon a sudden quarrel, without premeditation or malice, fight upon equal terms, and one, before a mortal stroke has been or malice, fight upon equal terms, and one, before a mortal stroke has been given, declines any further combat, and retreats as far as he can with given, declines any further combat, and retreats as far as he can with safety, and kills his adversary, through necessity, to avoid immediate safety, and kills his adversary, through necessity, to avoid immediate death. 2 Swift' s Dig. 289 pamphl. Rep. of Selfridge' s, Trial in, 1805 Hawk. death. 2 Swift' s Dig. 289 pamphl. Rep. of Selfridge' s, Trial in, 1805 Hawk. bk. 1, c. 11, s. 13; 2 Russ. on Cr. 543; Bac. Ab. Murder,