VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 36.020
Self-Defense
A person who suffers, or is threatened with, an assault and battery that he did not provoke has
a right to use as much force in self-defense to protect himself as is reasonably necessary.
[It is unreasonable to continue to use force if the other party withdraws from the fight in good faith
and discloses a desire to terminate the fight.]
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
- Content hash
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