| 单词 | self-defence plea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasself-defence plea self-defence plea n. Law a plea that the use of force against someone is lawful if it is reasonable and used to defend oneself or another.Earliest in figurative use. ΚΠ 1823 Lit. Examiner 13 Dec. 369 Unless malignant insinuation..be also provided for, our Satirist is amply vindicated. So much for the self-defence plea. 1879 Belleville (Kansas) Telescope 10 July The self-defence plea... Blair is likely to get free by the self-defence dodge. 1889 Port Augusta (S. Austral.) Disp. 5 Apr. The prisoner's self-defence plea would have fallen to pieces under cross-examination. 1905 Boston Post 20 Mar. 5/3 She admitted she had shot him, and no self-defence plea was offered. 1975 Newsweek (Nexis) 20 Oct. 64 [The jury] knew that Sellars had killed Thomas, and thought that if they accepted Sellars's self-defense plea, manslaughter was the appropriate verdict. 2008 A. Motz Psychol. Female Violence iii. viii. 219 Where women kill their batterer while he is asleep.., the claim that their physical survival was at risk is not immediately relevant, therefore the self-defence plea is not acceptable. < as lemmas |
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