Definition of "self-redress" [self-redress]

• Redress of a wrong by the victim; revenge, retribution. (noun)
• To redress a wrong against oneself; to take revenge. (verb)

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• "The Governments of Denmark and of Naples have been recently reminded of those yet existing against them, nor will any of them be forgotten while a hope may be indulged of obtaining justice by the means within the constitutional power of the Executive, and without resorting to those means of self-redress which, as well as the time, circumstances, and occasion which may require them, are within the exclusive competency of the Legislature."
• "But I think that, upon study and reflection, we must all agree with the Hague Conference of 1907 that the nations are logically at the door of the next chapter of international development away from self-redress, a chapter that calls for the court of justice as we all understand it, rather than a mere arbitration tribunal."
• "The sittlichkeit compels resort to courts and obedience to their decisions rather than resort to self-redress by duel or violence."