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2022 Montana Code Annotated
Title 49. Human Rights
Chapter 1. Basic Rights
Part 1. Basic Personal Rights
49-1-103. Right to use force

Universal Citation:
MT Code § 49-1-103 (2022)
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49-1-103. Right to use force. Any necessary force may be used to protect from wrongful injury the person or property of one's self, of a wife, husband, child, parent, or other relative or member of one's family, or of a ward, servant, master, or guest.

History: En. Sec. 36, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3606, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5694, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 50; Based on Field Civil C. Sec. 33; re-en. Sec. 5694, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 64-210.

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