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Excuse

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001965

A legal defense that acknowledges the defendant committed the act but argues that they should not be held criminally liable due to a lack of blameworthiness. This differs from a justification, which argues the act itself was not wrong. Examples include duress, insanity, and infancy.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001965
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001965",
  "term": "Excuse",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal defense that acknowledges the defendant committed the act but argues that they should not be held criminally liable due to a lack of blameworthiness. This differs from a justification, which argues the act itself was not wrong. Examples include duress, insanity, and infancy.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/excuse/"
}

Record 1,861 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.