Assertion: excuse | /r/HasProperty | defense
Facets:
value: in jurisprudence
type: OTHER
value: to criminal charges
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In jurisprudence, an excuse is a defense to criminal charges that is distinct from an exculpation.
text: An exculpation is a defense in which a defendant argues that despite the fact they committed and are guilty of the crime, tort, or other wrong and have a liability to compensate the victim, they should be exculpated because of special circumstances that operated in favor of the defendant at the time they broke the law.
text: In jurisprudence, an excuse is a defense to criminal charges that is distinct from an exculpation.
text: In jurisprudence, an excuse or justification is a defense to criminal charges that is distinct from an exculpation.
text: An exculpation is a defense in which a defendant argues that despite the fact they committed and are guilty of the crime, tort, or other wrong and have a liability to compensate the victim, they should be exculpated because of special circumstances that operated in favor of the defendant at the time they broke the law.