Meanings
plural Good Samaritan laws
- lawA law that requires able persons, without putting themselves at risk, to provide reasonable aid to persons who are injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled.
It was not immediately clear what those charges could be, and Mr. Bernhardt said he did not want to speculate. He added that Pennsylvania does not have a good Samaritan law and said it would be “very difficult to bring charges against those” who witnessed the attack but did not intervene.
2021 October 17, Eduardo Medina, “As a Woman Was Raped, Train Riders Failed to Intervene, Police Say”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Translations
French loi du bon Samaritain, loi du bon Samaritain
- loi du bon Samaritainlaw that exempts from legal liability
- loi du bon Samaritainlaw that requires to provide aid to persons
- obligation d'assistance à personne en dangerlaw that requires to provide aid to persons
Polish prawo dobrego Samarytanina
- prawo dobrego Samarytaninalaw that exempts from legal liability
Spanish ley del buen samaritano, ley del buen samaritano
- ley del buen samaritanolaw that exempts from legal liability
- ley del buen samaritanolaw that requires to provide aid to persons
Cite this entry
Good Samaritan law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Good%20Samaritan%20law
“Good Samaritan law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Good%20Samaritan%20law. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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