Apparent Danger
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
That degree of peril of death or great bodily harm which will justify the killing of an assailant in self-defense. The danger need not be real, but must be sufficient to cause a reasonably prudent and courageous man to believe himself in imminent peril.