1. What does the legal concept of legitimate defense primarily refer to?
2. What is the primary role of attack and injustice in the context of legitimate defense?
3. How does the concept of Simultaneity relate to the Defense Act in the context of legitimate defense?
Legitimate Defense — conditions?
Unjustified, current, real, proportionate, immediate attack or threat.
Attack & Injustice — key?
Violence or threat lacking lawful justification.
Defense Act & Simultaneity — requirement?
Reaction must occur at the same time as attack.
Légitimate Defense — definition?
Legal exemption when attack is current, unjustified, proportionate.
Attack — characteristics?
Unjustified, current, and real threat or violence.
Act of Defense — role?
Immediate, proportionate response to an attack.
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