| | Additionally, self-help is also an important legal concept: | | Additionally, self-help is also an important legal concept: |
| − | <blockquote>Self-help, in the legal context, refers to obtaining relief or enforcing one's rights without going through legal processes, such as repossessing a car when payments are past due, retrieving borrowed or stolen goods, or demanding and receiving payment. Self-help is legal as long as it does not "disturb the peace" or violate some other law.<ref>[http://definitions.uslegal.com/s/self-help/ USLegal Legal Definitions index]</ref> | + | <blockquote>Self-help, in the legal context, refers to obtaining relief or enforcing one's rights without going through legal processes, such as repossessing a car when payments are past due, retrieving borrowed or stolen goods, or demanding and receiving payment. Self-help is legal as long as it does not "disturb the peace" or violate some other law (as an example, "self-help evictions", whereby the landlord simply changes the locks and removes property without going through a court proceeding, are generally illegal on residential leases, but are legal on commercial leases).<ref>[http://definitions.uslegal.com/s/self-help/ USLegal Legal Definitions index]</ref> |