• A castle doctrine, also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law, is a legal doctrine that designates a person's abode or any legally occupied...
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    The Castle Doctrine is a 2014 strategy video game developed and published by Jason Rohrer for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux via Valve's Steam platform...
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  • on scene. The shootings resulted in debates regarding self-defense, castle doctrine laws, and Texas laws relating to use of deadly force to prevent or...
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  • the wide range of professionally competent assistance". Montana's castle doctrine law was amended in 2009 allowing the use of deadly force if a homeowner...
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  • retreating. Even areas that impose a duty to retreat generally follow the "castle doctrine", under which people have no duty to retreat when they are attacked...
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    fireworks license for conducting nightly fireworks shows at Disney World. "Castle doctrine" refers to the generally accepted common-law principle that one is...
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  • additional restrictions on such weapons. Some states have enacted castle doctrine or stand-your-ground laws, which provide a legal basis for individuals...
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    homeowner the right to meet force with force “for a man’s house is his castle.” As a result of this ruling, judges provide a specific instruction to juries...
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    On December 7, 2011, Governor Scott Walker signed a bill passing a castle doctrine for Wisconsin. The bill provides criminal immunity (WI statute 939...
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    Murders of Haile Kifer and Nicholas Brady (category Legal doctrines and principles)
    without the possibility of parole. The case sparked debate over the "castle doctrine", which allows homeowners to defend their homes with lethal force....
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  • This principle is known as the "Castle Doctrine", the name being derived from the view that "'a man's home is his castle' and his ultimate retreat." Barton...
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    jurisdictions have a stand-your-ground law or apply what is known as the castle doctrine, whereby a threatened person need not retreat within his or her own...
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    Governor Rick Perry signed Senate Bill 378 into law, making Texas a "Castle Doctrine" state which came into effect September 1, 2007. Residents lawfully...
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  • edition of the book is the first study to examine Stand Your Ground and Castle Doctrine laws. The focus of the book is overwhelmingly on the US, but Lott does...
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  • voted multiple times against Castle Doctrine bills. In January 2011, Reynolds voted against Senate Bill 876 (Castle Doctrine) which would have allowed "a...
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  • was safe to flee from potential violence. In some jurisdictions, the castle doctrine allows the use of deadly force in self-defense against an intruder...
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  • ended up dead when they did not need to have been killed? Was it a 'castle doctrine' defense? Did they intentionally break in the person's home and try...
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  • of "Castle Doctrine" laws allow persons who own firearms and/or carry them concealed to use them without first attempting to retreat. The "Castle Doctrine"...
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    Commentaries on the Laws of England, Sir William Blackstone emphasized the castle doctrine but took the view that forced entry was permitted if the suspected...
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  • difficulty levels. Extreme forms may further punish players, such as The Castle Doctrine, which has the option of permanently banning users from servers upon...
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  • self defense and the lack of a duty to retreat in one's own home ("castle doctrine"). Fact patterns are an important element of law school examinations...
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    otherwise legally allowed to own the firearm. West Virginia enacted the castle doctrine on April 10, 2008. Some localities have adopted Second Amendment sanctuary...
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    Law Deter Crime or Escalate Violence? Evidence from Expansions to Castle Doctrine" (PDF). Journal of Human Resources. 48 (3): 821–854. doi:10.1353/jhr...
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  • delaying the trial. Wilson relied on Texas's stand-your-ground law and castle doctrine in his defense. After his acquittal he and his lawyers brought an unsuccessful...
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  • with the right to self-defense, "stand-your-ground" laws, and the castle doctrine, which explicitly permit the use of deadly force against intruders...
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    Steam launch, selling 315 copies compared to 2400 for Rohrer's The Castle Doctrine. However, sales improved over time. Four months after the launch on...
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  • Issues related to Self-Defense Bodily harm and Grievous bodily harm Castle Doctrine in the United States Clear and present danger Duty to retreat Imminent...
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  • motte-and-bailey doctrine instead of a fallacy. In 2005, Shackel described the reference to medieval castle defense like this: A Motte and Bailey castle is a medieval...
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  • imperfect self-defense is successfully proven. Right of self-defense Castle doctrine West's Encyclopedia of American Law, Volume 9. West. 1998. ISBN 9780314201669...
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    Washington. In 2006, Ayotte opposed a Republican-backed bill to establish a castle doctrine for New Hampshire. In 2013, Ayotte opposed legislation offered by Senators...
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