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2010 Tennessee Code
Title 38 - Prevention And Detection Of Crime
Chapter 2 - Self Defense
38-2-101 - Lawful resistance By whom made.
38-2-101. Lawful resistance By whom made.
Lawful resistance to the commission of a public offense may be made by the party about to be injured, or by others.
[Code 1858, § 4928; Shan., § 6889; Code 1932, § 11413; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-101.]
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