[Beach_Babe]

And the words "stand your ground" do not appear in the statute.

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It's always been called "Stand Your Ground" here in Florida, but you are correct. The exact wording in the statute is:

A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force...

Florida Statute 776.013 (3)

[Uncle Chip]

So then, you really have to search to find it in the statute and when you do find it, it’s not even there. The actual phrase is: “...right to stand his or her ground...”.