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Delaware Code Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure § 452. Consent of victim to inflictions of physical injury as defense

Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

In any prosecution for an offense involving or threatening physical injury, it is a defense that the victim consented to the infliction of physical injury of the kind done or threatened, provided that:

(1) The physical injury done or threatened by the conduct consented to is not serious physical injury; or

(2) The physical injury done or threatened is a reasonably foreseeable hazard of joint participation in any concerted activity, athletic contest or sport not prohibited by law.

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