How to Use duty to retreat in a Sentence

duty to retreat

noun
  • There is also an exception to the duty to retreat principle.
    — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The main exception to the duty to retreat was known as the castle doctrine, whereby people could defend themselves, with force if necessary, if they were attacked in their own homes.
    — Caroline Light, The Conversation, 17 Nov. 2025
  • In fact, Minnesota law mandates that all individuals, armed or unarmed, have a duty to retreat from confrontation or threat.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Stand your ground laws remove the duty to retreat, allowing individuals to legally defend themselves in public areas.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Jamison said dozens of states have a Stand Your Ground law, with other states still having the duty to retreat that was removed in Missouri in 2016.
    — Ben Wheeler updated May 10, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
  • While 30 states have legislatively enacted stand your ground statutes like Florida’s, eight others implement stand your ground through case law and jury instructions that effectively remove the duty to retreat.
    — Caroline Light, The Conversation, 17 Nov. 2025

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