e/Castle law

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has gloss	eng: A Castle Doctrine (also known as a Castle Law or a Defense of Habitation Law) is an American legal doctrine that arose from English Common Law that designates ones place of residence (or, in some states, any place legally occupied, such as ones car or place of work) as a place in which one enjoys protection from illegal trespassing and violent attack. It then goes on to give a person the legal right to use deadly force to defend that place (his/her "castle"), and/or any other innocent persons legally inside it, from violent attack or an intrusion which may lead to violent attack. In a legal context, therefore, use of deadly force which actually results in death may be defended as justifiable homicide under the Castle Doctrine.
lexicalization	eng: Castle Doctrine in the United States
lexicalization	eng: Castle Doctrine
lexicalization	eng: Castle law
lexicalization	eng: Make My Day Law
instance of	e/Criminal defenses