Sentence examples for a valid defense for from inspiring English sources

Ideological conviction is not a valid defense for perjury.

Is that really a valid defense?

My friends, that is not a valid defense.

But lack of memory is not a valid defense.

Likewise, establishing that a statement is literally true, even if misleading, is also a valid defense.

Many detainees may have a valid defense — and at any rate have committed only misdemeanors such as overstaying a visa.

When the opponent has built a valid defense, there's no use throwing your forces at enemy entrenchments.

For example, if the shareholder is not actually in arrears, or the board's information is mistaken, or the shareholder has a valid defense to the claim of the arrearage, the shareholder may have a legal claim against the board.

" 'I was only testing security' is not a valid defense," since it still involves illegal computer trespassing and can cause inadvertent harm.

It is their responsibility, after all, and ignorance is not a valid defense.

Blue balls are no longer a valid defense in the court of public opinion.