"Good Samaritan law" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Good Samaritan laws [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Good Samaritan law}} Good Samaritan law (plural Good Samaritan laws)
  1. (law) A law that exempts from legal liability a person who attempts to give reasonable aid to another person who is injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled. Categories (topical): Law Translations (law that exempts from legal liability): loi du bon Samaritain [feminine] (French), prawo dobrego Samarytanina [neuter] (Polish), ley del buen samaritano [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Good_Samaritan_law-en-noun-LQHsKJ~6 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'law that exempts from legal liability': 90 10
  2. (law) A law that requires able persons, without putting themselves at risk, to provide reasonable aid to persons who are injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled. Categories (topical): Law Translations (law that requires to provide aid to persons): loi du bon Samaritain [feminine] (French), obligation d'assistance à personne en danger [France] (French), ley del buen samaritano [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Good_Samaritan_law-en-noun-a8tE62pp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'law that requires to provide aid to persons': 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Medicine
Disambiguation of Medicine: 0 0

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