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“stand your ground”

We have one entry that includes the term stand your ground.

stand your ground law

noun

: a law providing immunity from prosecution with no duty to retreat for a person who is threatened with harm while lawfully in a place and who uses force including deadly force in the reasonable belief that such force is necessary to prevent their own or another person's death or great bodily injury


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