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excuse

the witness after an hour of testimony] 2 : justify vi : to serve as an excuse or justification [exigent circumstances may "J. J. White and R. S. Summers"] [ik-skyüs] n 1 : excusal 2 a :

breach

of or a failure to perform an obligation created by a promise, duty, or law without excuse or justification breach of duty : a breach of a duty esp. by a fiduciary (as an agent or corporate

Damdupat

principal amount due, as in that case he would have to forego the excess amount. There may be justification for the principle of Damdupat applying in the case of an ordinary creditor and a debtor, but there

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Justified by law

Justified by law, 'justified' according to Black's Legal Dictionary means: Done on adequate reasons sufficiently supported by credible evidence,

Defence

Defence [fr. defensio, Lat.], popularly a justification, protection, or guard; in law, a denial by the defendant of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's

Exemption provision

of construction or interpretation of statutes it is construed strictly either because of legislative intention or on economic justification of inequitable burden or progressive approach of fiscal provisions intended to augment state revenue, Union of India v.

False imprisonment

(1909) 2 KB 776 (arrest by railway police). A restraint of a person in a bounded area without justification or consent, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 618.

Remains on unauthorised absence

unauthorised absence' means an employee who has not respect for discipline and absents himself repeatedly and without any justification or the one who remains absent for a sufficiently long period, Pyare Lal Sharma v. Managing Director, AIR

Newspaper

consent of a judge at chambers to the prosecution of a newspaper for libel, allows the defence of justification to be gone into by justices, allows justices to summarily convict, and gives 'privilege' (see LIBEL) to newspaper

Personal liberty

to be subjected to imprisonment, arrest or physical coercion in any manner that does not admit of legal justification; secured by the strict maintenance of the principle that no man can be arrested or imprisoned except in

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