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Lawful, Legal
may even be without any basis or interest but the latter is founded on some rule, sanction or excuse. Dictionarily 'litigious' means 'disputed' (Concise Oxford Dictionary) or 'disputable' or 'marked by intention to quarrel' (Webster Third New
Presetment of Bill of Exchange, Cheque, or Pro-missory Note
accept for all. 'Where authorized by agreement or usage, a presentment through the post is sufficient.' Presentment is excused by the death or bankruptcy of the drawee, or 'where, after the exercise of reasonable diligence, such presentment
Pawnbroker
common law action, Leicester v. Cherryman, (1907) 2 KB 101. By s. 31, if a pawnbroker, without reasonable excuse, neglects or refuses to deliver up a pledge to a person entitled to it, he is liable to
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Libel
'Everything printed or written, which reflects on the character of another, and is published without lawful justification or excuse, is a libel whatever the intention may have been', O'Brien v. Clement, (1846) 15 M & W 435,
Legal malice
Legal malice, means something done without lawful excuse. In other words it is an act done wrongfully and wilfully without reasonable or probable cause and not
Malice in law
such as may be assumed from the doing of a wrongful act intentionally but without just cause or excuse, or for want of reasonable or probable cause, S.R. Venkataraman v. Union of India, AIR 1979 SC 49
Husband and wife
or murder, or manslaughter, in her husband' presence, the law presumed that she acted under his coercion and excused her, which presumption of coercion was abolished by the Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5,
Drunkenness
steps for preventing drunkenness on the premises; and see DRIVER. By the law of England drunkenness is no excuse for a crime. 'A drunkard,' says Sir Edward Coke (1 Inst. 247), 'who is voluntarius d'mon, has no
Homicide
of guilt, arising from the parti-cular circumstances of mitigation or aggravation which attends it, it is either justifiable, excusable, or felonious. I. Justifiable, of three kinds: (a) Where the proper officer executes a criminal in strict conformity
Chance
a crime. If an accidental mischief should follow from the performance of a lawful act, the party stands excused from all guilt; but if the act be felonious, and a consequence ensues not foreseen or intended, as
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