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Son assault demesne

Son assault demesne, a justification in an action of assault and battery, on the ground that the plaintiff made the first assault, and

Suicide and euthanasia

euthanasia would have a winning point. However, for the present case it is sufficient to say that the justification for allowing persons to commit suicide is not required to be played down or cut down because of

Trade Union

Lords afterwards held in Quinn v. Leathem 1901, AC 495, that a combination of two or more without justification or excuse to injure a man in his trade by inducing his customers or servants to break their

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Damage

damages can serve a useful purpose in vindicating the strength of the law, and thus affording a practical justification for admitting into the civil law a principle which ought logically to belong to the criminal, Rookes v.

Confusion, property by

invaded, and endeavoured to be rendered uncertain without his consent, 2 Bl. Com. 405. See also Vin. Abr. Justification (B) and Instit. of Justin. 1. Ii. tit. 1, ss. 27-34. As to the position where a person

Conversion and detinue

Conversion and detinue, a conversion is an act of wilful interference, without lawful justification, with any chattel in a manner inconsistent with the right of another, whereby that other is deprived of

Breach of warrantee

may be liable for a breach of warrantee even without any negligence or misconduct; failure without excuse or justification to fulfil one's obligations under a contract - called also breach of contract, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian

Abortion

distinct advantages in assigning this meaning to it; but there are so many references to lawful abortion or justification for abortion that it is necessary to speak of 'criminal abortion' or the 'crime of abortion' to emphasize

Solifidian

One who maintains that faith alone without works is sufficient for justification opposed to nullifidian

Inexcusable

Not excusable not admitting excuse or justification as inexcusable folly

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