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11 Cards in this Set
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Consent
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A defendant is privileged where the plaintiff has consented.
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Self-Defense
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A defendant is privileged to use reasonable force where a reasonable person would believe that it was immediately necessary to use physical force to protect himself from another's unlawful conduct.
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Defense of Others
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A defendant is privileged to use reasonable force to defend another where the defendant would be privileged to defend himself.
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Defense of Property
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A defendant is privileged to use reasonable force where the use of that force is necessary to prevent a trespass to his land.
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Recovery of Property
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A defendant who has been wrongfully dispossessed of chattel through force or fraud is privileged to repossess the chattel through the use of reasonable force during fresh pursuit.
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Shopkeeper's Privilege
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A shopkeeper may detain for a reasonable investigation a person whom he reasonably believes to have stolen property.
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Public Necessity
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A defendant is privileged to engage in otherwise tortious conduct to avoid imminent public disaster.
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Private Necessity
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A defendant is privilege to engage in otherwise tortious conduct to protect himself or his property from serious, imminent harm.
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Authority of Law
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A defendant is privileged to engage in otherwise tortious conduct if he is authorized by law to act as he does.
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Discipline
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A parent or one who is deemed to stand in for the parent may use reasonable force.
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Justification
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A defendant may raise the justification defense when his actions were reasonable and done to protect others from personal injury to protect property.
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