单词	duty to retreat
释义	duty to retreat noun law : a duty to use reasonable efforts to escape or retreat from an attacker before using force to defend oneself When threatened by an aggressor outside their homes, people in New York, under current law, have a duty to retreat—if possible—before resorting to force. Joe Mahoney [Samuel L.] Davis filed a motion Monday asking a judge to prohibit the commonwealth from arguing Fisher had a duty to retreat. Davis contends Fisher was acting in self-defense, and he expects prosecutors may argue that Fisher's use of force was unreasonable and unlawful because he did not first attempt to retreat. Susy Kelly Word History First Known Use 1878, in the meaning defined above
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