Self-Defense Is A(n) ____ Based on the Need to Allow

question 234

Multiple Choice

Self-defense is a(n) ____ based on the need to allow people who are attacked to take steps to protect themselves.

• A) proximate cause
• B) defense
• C) consent
• D) intervening action
• E) none of the other choices

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