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  2. Right of self-defense in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Maryland also continues to follow common law principles on the issue of when one may use deadly force in self-defense. In the case of State v.Faulkner, 301 Md. 482, 485, 483 A.2d 759, 761 (1984), the Court of Appeals of Maryland summarized those principles, and stated that a homicide, other than felony murder, is justified on the ground of self-defense if the following criteria are satisfied:

  3. Maryland v. Buie - Wikipedia

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    Maryland v. Buie, 494 U.S. 325 (1990), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States handed down in 1990. In the case, the Court held that the Fourth Amendment permits a properly limited protective sweep in conjunction with an in-home arrest when the searching officer possesses a reasonable belief based on specific and articulable facts that the area to be swept harbors an ...

  4. Restraining order - Wikipedia

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    Federal law prohibits any person who is subject to a state protective order from possessing a firearm, [23] provided that the protected party is an intimate partner, meaning a spouse or former spouse, or a person with whom the protected party has had a child. [24] Violating a restraining order is a deportable offense. [citation needed]

  5. Red flag law - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, a red flag law (named after the idiom red flag meaning “warning sign“; also known as a risk-based gun removal law, [1]) is a gun law that permits a state court to order the temporary seizure of firearms (and other items regarded as dangerous weapons, in some states) from a person who they believe may present a danger.

  6. Extreme Risk Protection Order Act - Wikipedia

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    The legislation also amends 18 U.S. Code § 922(g) to make violation of such orders a federal felony. In order for a state to get grants under the Act, it has to enact a red flag law meeting certain requirements, such as allowing family members, rather than only police, to petition the courts.

  7. Civil Harassment Restraining Order - Wikipedia

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    A Civil Harassment Restraining Order (CHO) is a form of restraining order or order of protection used in the state of California.It is a legal intervention in which a person who is deemed to be harassing, threatening or stalking another person is ordered to stop, with the goal of reducing risk of further threat or harm to the person being harassed.

  8. Prophylactic rule - Wikipedia

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    A prophylactic rule is a judicially crafted rule that protects a constitutional right, by providing consequences for violations of that right, in order to safeguard that constitutional right or improve detection of violations of that right. [1] In United States law, an example is the case of Miranda v.

  9. Criminal possession of a weapon - Wikipedia

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    However, this may also include possession of otherwise-legal weapons by a person who is prohibited by law or court-order from possessing them (reasons include prior criminal convictions, conditions of probation or parole, and court-documented mental illness).