Stand-Your-Ground Doctrine

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Criminal Law Dictionary

A criminal-law concept describing conduct, procedure, or legal consequence defined by governing offense or rule elements. It applies only when the legally specified conditions for its use or enforcement are satisfied. It does not apply where required elements or conditions are absent. It materially affects charging, adjudication, detention, or sanction decisions in practice.

Stand-Your-Ground Doctrine

Defense, Security & Public Safety Dictionary
A legal rule, adopted in some jurisdictions, that when a person is lawfully present and reasonably believes they face an imminent unlawful threat of force, they may use proportionate force (including deadly force where allowed) in self‑defense without first attempting to retreat.