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justification

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The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification.

The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.

The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.

Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.

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the justification of barbarous means by holy ends Source: Internet

he considered misrule a justification for revolution Source: Internet

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, the policy counsel at the American Immigration Council, said the inclusion of Mexicans undercut the initial justification of the agreement with Guatemala. Source: Internet

19th century main seeAlso France was heavily involved in Vietnam in the 19th century; protecting the work of the Paris Foreign Missions Society in the country was often presented as a justification. Source: Internet

3. An order from a superior officer or a public authority may not be invoked as a justification of torture. Source: Internet

According to this argument, every proposition requires justification to support it, but any justification also needs to be justified itself. Source: Internet

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