justifiable

  • 31justifiable cause — for prosecution is well founded belief of person of ordinary caution, prudence, and judgment in existence of facts essential to prosecution. See also probable cause …

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  • 32Justifiable homicide — The United States concept of justifiable homicide in criminal law stands on the dividing line between an excuse, justification and an exculpation. In other words, it takes a case that would otherwise have been a murder or another crime… …

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  • 33justifiable homicide — noun : a homicide (as by accident, by misadventure, in self defense, in performing a legal duty like quelling a mob or carrying out a death sentence, in preventing a felony involving great bodily harm, or in defense of one s home or members of… …

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  • 34justifiable — Synonyms and related words: admissible, allowable, balanced, cogent, condonable, credible, defensible, deserved, dispensable, due, equitable, even, evenhanded, excusable, exemptible, expiable, fair, fair and square, fit, forgivable, good,… …

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  • 35justifiable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. defensible, warrantable, legitimate, proper; see excusable , fit 1 , logical 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Capable of being justified: defensible, excusable, tenable. See FORGIVENESS, RIGHT …

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  • 36justifiable — jus·ti·fi·a·ble || dÊ’ÊŒstɪfaɪəbl adj. capable of being justified, defensible, able to be proved right or just …

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  • 37justifiable — adjective able to be justified. Derivatives justifiability noun justifiableness noun justifiably adverb …

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  • 38justifiable — a. Defensible, warrantable, vindicable, right, fit, proper …

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  • 39justifiable — adj 1. warrantable, authorizable, legitimate, lawful, just, right, rightful; reasonable, within reason, sensible, sane, acceptable; plausible, credible, believable, undeniable, unquestionable; sound, well grounded, solidly based, defensible,… …

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  • 40justifiable — jus·ti·fi·able …

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