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Civil Act — Article 209 (Self-help)

민법 제209조

(1) A possessor may defend, with his or her own force, his possession against those acts unjustly depriving him or her of his or her rightful possession or disturbing it.

(2) If the possessor of an immovable has been deprived of possession thereof, the possessor may recapture it by evicting the assailant immediately after the deprivation; and if it is a movable, the possessor may recapture from the assailant, on the spot or in pursuit, the article in question.

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