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Definition of Justifiable
1. Adjective. Capable of being justified.
Definition of Justifiable
1. a. Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.
Definition of Justifiable
1. Adjective. That can be justified. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Justifiable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Justifiable
Literary usage of Justifiable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"Homicide «=»101—Deliberate killing for past Injuries not justifiable. "The idea
of prevention, or defense against an impending or progressing wrong, ..."
2. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"justifiable HOMICIDE 65. A homicide is justifiable,* • (a) Where the proper
officer executes a person legally sentenced to death, in strict conformity with ..."
3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley, William Wait, William Blackstone (1875)
"Homicide, or the killing of any human creature, is by our customary law, 1.
justifiable; 2. excusable; or, 3. felonious; and although, as presently stated, ..."
4. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"A homicide is justifiable where the person committing it is not in fault, ...
The distinction between justifiable and excusable homicide was once of ..."
5. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Alexis Caswell Angell (1890)
"The constitutional provisions we have quoted generally make the truth a defence
if published with good motives and for justifiable ends. ..."
6. Constitution and Laws of the Cherokee Nation by Cherokee Nation, Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma (1875)
"EXCUSABLE AND justifiable HOMICIDE. Sec. 15. Every killing of a human being is
hereby declared to be excusable or justifiable in the following cases, ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"Distinguished from justifiable Homicide. At common law there was certainly a
clear distinction between excusable and justifiable homicide.444 In justifiable ..."
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