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Definition of battered woman syndrome in US English: battered woman syndromenoun The set of symptoms, injuries, and signs of mistreatment seen in a woman who has been repeatedly abused by a spouse, partner, or relative. Example sentencesExamples - At the end of the day this was a case of extreme provocation and one where if the gender had been reversed the court would be dealing with battered woman syndrome.
- The defence concedes that the defences of self-defence and battered woman syndrome do not obtain.
- In Ahluwalia the Court accepted that battered woman syndrome could be a characteristic but it did not suggest that it would be relevant to the issue of the ordinary person's self-control.
- The first section covers rape, battered woman syndrome, women who kill their batterers, stalking, and workplace sexual harassment.
Definition of battered woman syndrome in US English: battered woman syndromenoun The set of symptoms, injuries, and signs of mistreatment seen in a woman who has been repeatedly abused by a spouse, partner, or relative. Example sentencesExamples - At the end of the day this was a case of extreme provocation and one where if the gender had been reversed the court would be dealing with battered woman syndrome.
- The first section covers rape, battered woman syndrome, women who kill their batterers, stalking, and workplace sexual harassment.
- In Ahluwalia the Court accepted that battered woman syndrome could be a characteristic but it did not suggest that it would be relevant to the issue of the ordinary person's self-control.
- The defence concedes that the defences of self-defence and battered woman syndrome do not obtain.
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