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Good Samaritan law

Good Samaritan law noun: a law that exempts from legal liability a person who attempts to give reasonable aid to another person who is injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled.

Noun

Good Samaritan law (plural Good Samaritan laws)

  1. A law that exempts from legal liability a person who attempts to give reasonable aid to another person who is injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled.
  2. A law that requires able persons, without putting themselves at risk, to provide reasonable aid to persons who are injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled.
    • It was not immediately clear what those charges could be, and Mr. Bernhardt said he did not want to speculate. He added that Pennsylvania does not have a good Samaritan law and said it would be “very difficult to bring charges against those” who witnessed the attack but did not intervene.2021 October 17, Eduardo Medina, “As a Woman Was Raped, Train Riders Failed to Intervene, Police Say”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of Good Samaritan law

pluralGood Samaritan laws

Questions about Good Samaritan law

What does Good Samaritan law mean?
Good Samaritan law means a law that exempts from legal liability a person who attempts to give reasonable aid to another person who is injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled.
What part of speech is Good Samaritan law?
Good Samaritan law is a noun.
What is the plural of Good Samaritan law?
The plural of Good Samaritan law is Good Samaritan laws.

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