defense of habitation

The defense that conduct constituting a criminal offense is justified if an aggressor unjustifiably threatens the defendant’s place of abode or premises and the defendant engages in conduct that is (1) harmful to the aggressor, (2) sufficient to protect that place of abode or premises, and (3) reasonable in relation to the harm threatened.

— Also termed defense of premises. See CASTLE DOCTRINE.

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