English Dictionary

duty to retreat

名詞

(law) A legal requirement in some jurisdictions that a threatened individual cannot harm another in self-defense when it is possible instead to retreat to a place of safety.

日本語の意味

（法律用語）安全な場所に退避できる場合、自己防衛のために相手に危害を加えてはならず、あらかじめ退避することを要求される法的義務

Under the state's law, the defendant's claim of self-defense failed because the court found a duty to retreat when a safe exit was available.

州法の下で、安全に退避できる出口があったとして、裁判所が退去義務を認めたため、被告の正当防衛の主張は却下された。

意味（1）

(law) A legal requirement in some jurisdictions that a threatened individual cannot harm another in self-defense when it is possible instead to retreat to a place of safety.

duties to retreat （ plural ）