Sentence examples for no valid defence from inspiring English sources
And yet, the homosexual sadomasochistic case of R v Brown (1994 concluded that consent is no valid defence to assault.
Presumably Susan has no valid defence so is unable to answer.
Being drunk is a valid defence.
It is even possible to interpret canon law as claiming that a valid defence for paedophile offences is paedophilia.
But in the name of national reconciliation and at times under threats of mutiny the new, elected president, Raul Alfonsin, in 1986 had a law passed to limit prosecutions, and in 1987 another that made "obeying orders" a valid defence for those who did face them.
In other words, 40-year-olds who were terrible in their 20s pose little risk today.The EEOC alleges that BMW and Dollar both used background checks in a manner "not job-related and consistent with business necessity" (generally a valid defence against an accusation of disparate-impact discrimination).
A random sample includes: why the distribution of wet and dry ear wax in humans suggests that the people of South Korea might be the least smelly on earth; why the idea of a Danish Viking conquest of the British Isles involving rape and pillage is not borne out by a genetic legacy; and why monoamine oxidase A, the so-called "warrior gene", ought not to be a valid defence in criminal trials.
"There are no valid treatments".
It's a valid defence, and one that is supported by the Electronic Frontiers Foundation (EFF), a body much-loved among hackers.
Under Section 29(1) of the 1988 Act, fair dealing is a valid defence when dealing with copyright infringement for the purpose of non-commercial research or private study.
Self-defence is also a valid defence to trespasses against the person, assuming that it constituted the use of "reasonable force which they honestly and reasonably believe is necessary to protect themselves or someone else, or property".
