 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 528 pages
...will permit him r : for it .maybe fo fierce as not to allow him to yield a ftep, without .manifeft danger of his life, or enormous bodily harm ; and .then in his defence he may kill his aflailarit knftantly. And this is the doctrine of univerfal juftice ', as well as of the municipal... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1800 - 620 pages
...aflault will permit him * : for it maybe fo fierce as not to allow him to yield a ftep, wtthout manifcft danger of his life, or enormous bodily harm ; and then in his defence he m ly kill his aflaiUnt inftantly. And this is the doctrine of unirerfal juilice ', as well as of the... | |
 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1810 - 202 pages
...t heperson assailed to yield a step, without manifest danger of his life, or enormous bodily harm, then, in his defence, he may kill his assailant instantly. And this, (continues Blackstone) is the doctrine of universal justice, as well as of the municipal law. Under... | |
 | Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...yield a step without manifest danger oi his Jife, or enormous bodily harm ; and then in his deience lie may kill his assailant instantly. And this is the doctrine of universal justice as well as of the municipal law. And as the mann r of the defence, so is also the time 'to be considered. For ii the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 782 pages
...atV.iu'.t .will permit him ; for it may be fo fierce aa act to allow him to yield > ftep, with manifed (danger of his life, or enormous bodily harm; and 'then in his defence he may kill hi- affaiUnt indantly.;; And this is the dodrineof • univerUl judice, 39 w 1 11 as of the municipal... | |
 | Trials (Murder) - 1820 - 212 pages
...of the assault will permit him : for it may be so fierce as not to allow him to yield a step without manifest danger of his life, or enormous bodily harm...the doctrine of universal justice, as well as of the municipal law. " And, as the manner of the defence, so is also the time to b& considered : for if the... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - Criminal procedure - 1822 - 458 pages
...Hule, 481. 483, for the assault may have been so fierce as not to allow him to yield a step, without manifest danger of his life, or enormous bodily harm ; and then in his defence, if there be no other way of saving his own life, he may kill his assailant instantly. The distinction... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1824 - 594 pages
...may be so fierce as not to allow him to yield a step without manifest danger of his life, or great bodily harm ; and then in his defence he may kill his assailant instantly, (q) If A. challenge B. to fight, and B. declines the challenge, but lets A. know that he will not be... | |
 | William Hough - 1825 - 1028 pages
...the assault will permit biro : for it may be so fierce as not to allow him to yield a step, without manifest danger of his life, or enormous bodily harm...the doctrine of universal justice as well as of the municipal law." " And as the manner of the defence, so is also the time to be considered : for if the... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 584 pages
...the assault will permit him ' : for it may be so fierce as not to allow him to yield a step, without manifest danger of his life, or enormous bodily harm...doctrine of universal justice*, as well as of the municipal law. AND as the manner of the defence, so is also the time to be considered : for if the... | |
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... for it may be so fierce as not to allow him to yield a step, without manifest danger of his life, or enormous bodily harm ; and then in his defence he may kill his assailant instantly. And this is the doctrine of universal justice, as well as of the... 
