Evidence which would tend to indicate the innocence of the defendant. The prosecution is required to provide exculpatory evidence to the defendant even if the defendant does not request it (and may not be aware it exists.) … [Read more...]

Lat. The doing or following up of a thing; the doing a thing completely or thoroughly; management or administration. In old practice. Execution; the final process in an action. Executio bonorum. In old English law. Management or administration of goods. Ad ecclesxam et ad amicos pertinebit executio bonorum, the execution of the goods shall belong to the church and to the … [Read more...]

Forgiveable. Pardonable. Able to be forgiven, e.g. not having to complete or make payment under an agreement. Admitting of excuse or palliation. As used in the law this word implies that the act or omission spoken of is on Its face unlawful wrong or liable to entail loss or disadvantage on the person chargeable but that the circumstances attending it were such as to constitute … [Read more...]

Latin, meaning Execution is the fulfillment of the law in accordance with the judgment. … [Read more...]

crim. law. The killing of a human being, when the party killing is not altogether free from blame, but the necessity which renders it excusable, may be said to be partly induce by his own act. 1 East, P. C. 220. … [Read more...]