Self`-help" (?), n. The act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid of others.

Self`-help", n. (Law) The right or fact of redressing or preventing wrongs by one's own action without recourse to legal proceedings, as in self-defense, distress, abatement of a nuisance, etc.

Self`-help" (?), n. The act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid of others.

Self`-help", n. (Law) The right or fact of redressing or preventing wrongs by one's own action without recourse to legal proceedings, as in self-defense, distress, abatement of a nuisance, etc.

• the practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others
  
• (law) an act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings