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Definition of Exculpations
1. exculpation [n] - See also: exculpation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exculpations
Literary usage of Exculpations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paradoxes of Free Will by Gunther Siegmund Stent (2002)
"So far we did not take into account that there exist also exculpations from
blameworthiness for actions for which persons are morally responsible and that ..."
2. The Elements of Morality, Including Polity by William Whewell (1864)
"351 Hence, as a general distinction, Moralists pronounce Errours of Fact, when
not accompanied with negligence, to be exculpations of the actions which they ..."
3. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1869)
"The exculpations made by the accused, on replying to the i/harga. are not sufficient,
... These exculpations are reduced to two points: In the first place, ..."
4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"... and exculpations should be exec« in t be samen ay and manner, ... as the nature
of exculpations are ; and the act of parliament as to the poynt of ..."
5. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1811)
"... and exculpations should His ... ¡is the nature of exculpations are ; and the
act of parliament as to the poynt of allowing ..."
6. The Records of the Proceedings of the Justiciary Court, Edinburgh, 1661-1678 by Edinburgh (Scotland). Justiciary Court, William George Scott-Moncrieff, John W. Weston (1905)
"... be delivered to the party at exculpations, to a witness ad the effect that
parties may know what to object against them, ..."
7. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1811)
"... they are therefore to be considered not as exculpations of the defendant but
as charges of inconsistency against the witnesses themselves, ..."
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