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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 1302
Battery – Self-Defense – Standard of Care
A person has a right to use reasonable force to defend [himself/herself] and [his/her]
property. A person who acts in self-defense or defense of [his/her] property is not legally
responsible for any [harm/injury/injuries] resulting from [his/her] acts of self-defense.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 1302 (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
3e521277855b60c23e1dedc91c2b7f5a13beaa86648df99cb57392ec6a81e180
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