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Self-defence
Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.
What it means
Self-defence requires an unlawful attack, a rational need for the means used and an absence of sufficient provocation by the person defending themselves. The particular circumstances of the response must be assessed.
Legal reference
Spanish Criminal Code · art. 20
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