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Wilful
(2000) 3 SCC 282. Means intentional; not incidental or involuntary. Wilful means done intentionally, knowingly, and purposely, without justifiable excuse as distingui-shed from an act done carelessly; thoughtlessly, heedlessly or inadvertently; In common parlance word wilful is
Homicide
stages 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
Wrong
Wrong, the privation of right, an injury, a designed or known detriment. See TORT, and Addison or Clerk and Lindsell on Torts. The maxim that 'No man can take advantage of his own wrong' means that...
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Libel
p. 1. '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 &
Necessity, homicide by
Necessity, homicide by, a species of justifiable homicide, because it arises from some unavoidable necessity, without any will, intention, or desire, and without any inadvertence
Fresh fact
Fresh fact, There may be facts which are not germane or are not relevant to the grounds justifying the detention and when s. 14 of the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 refers to fresh facts...
justification
justification 1 : the act or an instance of justifying 2 : something that justifies ;specif : a legally
cause
intervening cause in this entry supervening cause : intervening cause in this entry 2 : a reason or justification for an action or state (as belief): as a : good cause in this entry [an appeal dismissed
Burglary
38, replacing s. 1 of the (English) Burglary Act, 1896]. The question whether and how far it is justifiable to kill a burglar is by no means clear. If violence on the part of the burglar be
Appearance doctrine
Appearance doctrine, in the law of self-defence, the rule that a defendant's use of force is justified if the defendant reasonably believed it to be justified, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 95.
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