"duty to retreat" meaning in All languages combined

See duty to retreat on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: duties to retreat [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|duties to retreat}} duty to retreat (plural duties to retreat)
  1. (law) A legal requirement in some jurisdictions that a threatened individual cannot harm another in self-defense when it is possible instead to retreat to a place of safety. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-duty_to_retreat-en-noun-wfndOUSt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: law

Inflected forms

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