Justify - Law Dictionary Search Results
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
justification
justification 1 : the act or an instance of justifying 2 : something that justifies ;specif : a legally sufficient reason or cause (as self-defense) for an act
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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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
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
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
Libel
see Martin v. Benson, (1927) 1 KB 771. But to be a defence to an indictment, a plea justifying on the ground of the truth of the libel must further allege that its publication was for the
Due process of law
not conflict with the fundamental rights, should not be vague etc., a mere animosity or public intolerance cannot justify the deprivation of life or liberty, , Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn.,
unnecessary hardship
a zoning ordinance makes it impossible to receive a reasonable return from the property NOTE: Unnecessary hardship may justify the granting of a variance if the use permitted by the variance will not alter the essential character
Course of public justice
be the greater in the former instance, it remained wherever the offence was descried with sufficient particularity to justify a significant police investigation, R. v. Cotter (CA), (2003) LR 951 (QB).
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