# der Befehlsnotstand

der Befehlsnotstand is a German noun meaning “forcible coercion to obey unlawful orders (a legal situation in which someone can be absolved of responsibility for carrying out an illegal act, including a war crime, because they were threatened with great bodily injury or death if they refused)”. Forms: des Befehlsnotstandes, die Befehlsnotstände.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Befehlsnotstandes
- Plural: die Befehlsnotstände

## In other languages

- Русский: вынужденное исполнение противозаконного приказа

## Meanings

1. forcible coercion to obey unlawful orders

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