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‖ se defendendo Law.|siː diːfɛnˈdɛndəʊ|
[Law Latin: sē himself, dēfendendō abl. gerund of dēfendĕre to defend.]
‘In self-defence’: a plea which if established is held to remove legal guilt from a homicide.
1548W. Stanford Kinges Prerog. xvi. (1567) 45 b, In a case where one killed another se defendendo or by misaduenture, this offence is felony. 1625B. Jonson Staple of N. v. v. 49 Mad. They barke, se defendendo. Shv. Or for custome, As commonly curres doe, one for another. 1710Tatler No. 256 ⁋3 That in consideration..that his taking the wall was only Se defendendo, the prosecutor should let him escape with life. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v., Though the party justify its being done Se-Defendendo, yet he is driven to procure his Pardon of Course from the Lord Chancellor. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. 126 The law of England.. pardons even homicide if committed se defendendo.
subst. use.1682Dryden Duke of Guise Epil. 12 Se defendendo never was a Sin. |