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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
unavoidable casualty
of a procedural act (as the filing of an answer) by a party or the party's lawyer compare excusable neglect NOTE: As with excusable neglect, showing evidence of unavoidable casualty will relieve a party from a default
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,
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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
Kissing the book
close of the Michaelmas sittings in 1901 (see Times for Dec. 23), who observed that there was no excuse whatever for a witness refraining from kissing the Book, when by taking advantage of the Oaths Act to
Judicial separation
may obtain a decree of judicial separation, on the ground of adultery, of cruelty, or desertion without reason-able excuse for two years or upwards, and such decree shall have the effect of a divorce a mensa et
Ignorantia juris quod quisque scire tenetur non excusat
scire tenetur non excusat [Lat.], ignorance of the law, which everybody is supposed to know, does not afford excuse.
Judicial office
Judicial office, Administrative proximity with judicial work was regarded as an excuse good enough to elevate the administrator into a holder of judicial office, State of Haryana v. Haryana Co-operative
Impossibility
The non-performance of a contract which arises from an act of the law having rendered performance impossible is excused, see Baily v. De Crespigny, (1869) LR 4 QB 180; Re Shipton, (1915) 3 KB 676. The perishing
Ignorantia juris
Ignorantia juris, means ignorance of law. Under Roman law, this type of ignorance did not excuse mistaken conduct, except in the case of minors and those under disability, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
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