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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

excuse

exemption or release to [excused the prospective juror] [excused 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.

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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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.

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

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.

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.

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

Justified by law

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

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