(Thus, an actor who becomes ill is excused from performing even though his contract does not so state).
It ended with a sentence of ten years in prison, of which he served three until ill health excused him.In court, assured as ever, he played the scapegoat.
In the letter, dated Oct. 15, 2001, Rall asked the department to consider dismissing Durr, whom he described as "an ill-tempered excuse for a police officer".
"We have picked up another three injuries, but that does not excuse the ill-discipline, particularly the ill-discipline of the captain, who had a booking and a warning at half time.
That excuse bodes ill compared with Barcelona's victory with its B team.
There is no excuse for ill manners and insults, though of course there is an explanation: usually, the impotence and weakness of the insulter and his or her case.
Pretend to be ill or make an excuse.
Illston sent the jury home for the day, and the ill juror may be excused, depending on how he feels in the morning.
Earlier this year, before his trial was suspended on a technicality, 56% thought that Mr Chirac should be judged like any ordinary citizen, down from 72% two years ago.Yet, as Jean-Pierre Dintilhac, a former Paris public prosecutor, told French radio this week, the real scandal is not that an ill man should be excused from attending his own trial.
My own favourite examples are "head is paining" (headache) and "mother serious" (mother is very ill) - both handy excuses for leaving work early.
