{"id":15571,"date":"2018-03-14T04:19:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T04:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=15571"},"modified":"2018-03-15T03:58:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T03:58:18","slug":"self-help-doctrine-an-attempt-to-redress-a-perceived-wrong-by-ones-own-action-rather-than-through-the-normal-legal-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=15571","title":{"rendered":"self-help doctrine – an attempt to redress a perceived wrong by one’s own action rather than through the normal legal process"},"content":{"rendered":"

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self-help<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n n<\/em>. (1831)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An attempt to redress a perceived wrong by one’s own action rather than through the normal legal process.\u00a0 *\u00a0 The UCC and other statutes provide for particular self-help remedies (such as repossession) if the remedy<\/a> can be executed without breaching the peace. UCC \u00a7 9-609<\/a>.<\/strong> \u2014 aka self-redress<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; extrajudicial enforcement<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Cf claim-of-right defense<\/em> under DEFENSE (1). [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A controverted doctrine in reference to escaping from the custody of an officer which is unlawful. 27 Am J2d Escape \u00a7\u00a7 7, 12<\/span>.<\/strong> <\/span>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See self-preservation<\/em>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Taking matters into one’s own hands, i.e., obtaining a remedy<\/a> without recourse to legal process.\u00a0 (EXAMPLE under the Uniform Commercial Code, a secured party has the right to take possession of the collateral in the event of default.)\u00a0 However, self-help is a doctrine of extremely limited application.
\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See necessity.<\/em> [3]
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from 68A Am. Jur. 2d Secured Transactions<\/em> \u00a7 608, at 466 ( 1993):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “Notice to the debtor is generally not required prior to self-help repossession of collateral by the creditor upon default, although the provision for self-help repossession has be held to violate due process requirements in some instances, and states under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code require particular notice requirements.\u00a0 Furthermore, while the UCC generally does not require notice to the debtor upon self-help repossession fo the collateral upon the debtor’s default, the agreement between the parties may require such notice prior to repossession.<\/span>“<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]: 68A Am. Jur. 2d Secured Transactions<\/em> \u00a7 608, at 466 ( 1993).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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