stand-your-ground laws

A form of stand-your-ground law — A legal principle that permits the use of lethal force when it is necessary to defend oneself against great bodily harm, kidnapping, rape, robbery or any other serious crime without a duty to retreat.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of stand-your-ground law
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