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by danielheath 2136 days ago
A brawl is violent, and a gunfight is violent. Should English have different words for them? They are not at all the same kind of thing.
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int_19h 2131 days ago
The legal term you're looking for is "serious bodily injury". Reasonable expectation thereof is the threshold for the use of lethal force in self-defense in most US jurisdictions, for example.
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