Match the defenses listed in the table with their definitions.

Question

A. As this defense developed, persons who could be defended expanded to include others in the household and beyond, eventually even including strangers.
B. Under this defense, a person is justified in using reasonable force to defend someone else when that person reasonably believes that the other person is in imminent danger of bodily harm from an unlawful aggressor and that the use of force is necessary to avoid the harm.
C. Under this defense, unless the threat is against habitation, an actor is not justified in the use of deadly force.
D. The "notion that every Englishman's home was his last retreat from a hostile world" was at the root of this defense.
E. Every jurisdiction now recognizes this defense as a justification for committing a crime and even permits the use of deadly force if a defendant is able to prove the elements of the claim.
F. This refers to the justified use of reasonable force by one who is not an aggressor, when the actor-defendant reasonably believed that it was necessary to defend against what the defendant reasonably perceived to be an unlawful and imminent attack upon the defendant's person.
G. This defense is also known as the choice of evils, or the choice of lesser evils.
H. Sometimes a person is faced with a choice between two courses of action, both of which will cause harm. If the actor chooses the lesser of the two, he or she can claim this defense.
I. The primary purpose of this defense is as it applies to sworn police officers in the exercise of their duties.
J. There is some overlap between this justification and the defense of others.

Answer 1

A. Defense of others
B. Defense of others
C. Defense of property or habitation
D. Defense of property or habitation
E. Self-defense
F. Self-defense
G. Necessity
H. Necessity
I. Crime prevention and law enforcement
J. Crime prevention and law enforcement