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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 1204
Assault – Defense of Other People – Standard of Care
A person has a right to use reasonable force to defend another person. A person who
defends another person is not legally responsible for any [harm/injury/injuries] resulting from
[his/her] acts defending the other person.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 1204 (current as of February 17, 2012). Submitted in 2012 by the Mississippi Model Jury Instructions Commission (created by the Supreme Court of Mississippi by order of December 30, 2008) and published by the Court on courts.ms.gov. The Court states that these model jury instructions have not been adopted or approved by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
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