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Lawful excuse
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Ignorance of law is no excuse
Matched in: Term Ignorance of law is no excuse
Misadventure, excusable homicide by
Misadventure, excusable homicide by, also termed homicide per infortunium; it arises where a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of hurt, unfortunately kills another, as where a person is at work with a … Misadventure, excusable homicide by, also termed homicide per infortunium; it arises where a man, doing a lawful act, without any
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Contramandatum
Contramandatum, a lawful excuse, which a defendant in a suit by attorney alleges for himself to show that the plaintiff has no
Malice
acts done with an evil disposition or unlawful motive with an intention to cause injury and without a lawful excuse, Bhupinder Singh v. State of Haryana, AIR 1968 P&H 406 (416). Malice is not merely the doing of
Legal malice
Legal malice, means something done without lawful excuse. In other words it is an act done wrongfully and wilfully without reasonable or probable cause and not … Board v. Zora Singh, AIR 2006 SC 182. Legal malice, or malice in law means 'something done without lawful excuse (Words and Phrases Legally defined, 3rd Edn., London Butterworth's, 1989)
Act of God
without any default of his own, by the act of God or the King's enemies, the law will excuse him; but when a party by his own contract creates a duty he is bound to make it
Impossibility
The non-performance of a contract which arises from an act of the law having rendered performance impossible is excused, see Baily v. De Crespigny, (1869) LR 4 QB 180; Re Shipton, (1915) 3 KB 676. The perishing
Wilful
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 used
homicide
in Montana excusable homicide : homicide that is committed by accident or misfortune by a person doing a lawful act by lawful means with usual and ordinary caution and without any unlawful intent and that is excused … lawful act by lawful means with usual and ordinary caution and without any unlawful intent and that is excused under the law with no criminal punishment imposed ;also : justifiable homicide in this entry felonious homicide :
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