Sentence examples for private defence from inspiring English sources

Alternatively, it was "putative private defence" (self-defence) because Pistorius believed he was in imminent danger: that an intruder was coming out of the toilet.

I have been told on good authority of a Roman Catholic bishop whose private defence against Aids was to keep a harem of virgins.

They said Pistorius's claim – one of several put forward by the defence – of putative private defence, or self-defence in fear of his life, was not rational.

Police exceeded the bounds of private defence and inadequate care was taken to shoot at lower limbs and stop shooting within a reasonable time, said the evidence leaders.

He told me he worked for a private defence firm who were interested in applications of my research on human brain stimulation.

So this is the only one of the 34, insiders at the commission reckon, where the police have any claim to being able to say their officers acted in self or private defence against a miner who threatened them.

These benefits, unfortunately, restrict researchers' options to public funding bodies (who haven't exactly thrown money at tDCS), private defence-related companies, or the military.

Orbán and his friends observed that the real long-term beneficiaries of Reaganism and Thatcherism had been private contractors, defence industry specialists, arms dealers, advertising and communications experts, and capitalists with links to service providers in what had formerly been the public sector.

These include interest in allowing partnerships between India's small but growing private-sector defence firms and foreign companies, which should stimulate technology transfer.

Internet pages deleted in the wake of the video going viral indicate that Casebolt is a former highway patrol trooper and a US navy military police veteran, who is also an instructor at a private self-defence and fitness company.

Investigators have also learned that Johnson had practiced military-style drills in his backyard and trained at a private self-defence school that teaches special tactics, including "shooting on the move", a technique in which an attacker fires and quickly changes position, to keep his location uncertain and create the impression of multiple assailants.