Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
abuse excuse
Criminal law. The defense that a defendant is unable to tell right from wrong, having been physically or mentally abused as a child. 9 Like the traditional criminal-law excuse of insanity, the abuse excuse is asserted by a defendant in an effort to avoid all culpability for the crime charged.
excuse
n. 1. A reason that justifies an act or omission or that relieves a person of a duty. 2. Criminal law. A defense that arises because the defendant is not blameworthy for having acted in a way that would otherwise be criminal. ( The following defenses are the traditional excuses: duress, entrapment, infancy, insanity, and involuntary intoxication. - Also termed legal excuse. Cf. JUSTIFICATION (2). -excuse (ek-skyooz), ub. - excusatory (ekskyooz-a-tor-ee), adj.
legal excuse
See EXCUSE.