Excuse - Law Dictionary Search Results
Mental reservation
exception existing in the mind of the one party only, and has been degraded to signify a dishonest excuse for evading or infringing a promise
Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia juris non excusat
Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia juris non excusat. (Ignorance of the fact excuses; ignorance of the law excuses not.) The maxim is often cited simply as Ignorantia legis [or juris] neminem
Lynch-law
and executed by a self-appointed body of citizens acting generally in defiance of the law, alleging as an excuse either the slowness of the regular legal procedure, or the neglect of the duly constituted authorities to put
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Suit-silver, or Suter-silver
Suit-silver, or Suter-silver, a small rent or sum of money paid in some manors to excuse the freeholders' appearance at the courts of their lord.
Mistake
s. 56, replacing Jud. Act, 1873, s. 34] In criminal cases a mistake of fact may be an excuse, as when a man, intending to do a lawful act, does that which is unlawful [cf. Proviso, s.
More or less
More or less (sive plus siveminus). These words in a contract, which rests in fieri, will only excuse a very small deficiency in the quantity of an estate; for if there be a considerable deficiency, the
Multitudo errantium non parit errori patrocinium
Multitudo errantium non parit errori patrocinium. 11 Co. 75, (The multitude of those who err gives no excuse to error.)
Ouster le Mer
Ouster le Mer, beyond the sea; a cause of excuse, if a person, being summoned, did not appear in court. see SEAS, BEYOND.
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
Saver-de-fault
Saver-de-fault, to excuse, Termes de la Ley.
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