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duty to rescue

concept in tort law that arises in a number of cases, describing a circumstance in which a party can be held liable for failing to come to the rescue of another party in who could face potential injury or death without being rescued
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duty to rescue

Summary

duty to rescue ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • duty to rescue's subclass of is recorded as obligation[2].
  • duty to rescue's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 44379[3].
  • duty to rescue's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06h6s9[4].
  • duty to rescue's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • duty to rescue's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778352789[6].
  • duty to rescue's FactGrid item ID is recorded as Chris Daughtry[7].
  • duty to rescue's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Non-assistance_à_personne_en_danger[8].

Why It Matters

duty to rescue ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . FactGrid. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_duty-to-rescue_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{duty to rescue}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/duty-to-rescue}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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