Charles Swift, who represents one of two detainees who have been assigned lawyers, said in an interview that though the brief was extraordinary, "It was unavoidable as part of our duty to represent the interests of our clients".
Coolant subcooled boiling in the cylinder head regions of heavy-duty vehicle engines is unavoidable at high thermal loads due to high metal temperatures.
But he diluted his regret almost immediately, saying all the mistakes he had made were done in the course of "national duty" and that they had been unavoidable.
Only war, revolution, exchange restrictions, and other unforeseeable and unavoidable obstacles to performance may, under certain circumstances, excuse the buyer from his duty to pay.
"I suspect some casualties would be unavoidable," said Stephen Johnson, a former British Army chemical warfare expert who served two tours of duty in the Iraqi desert.
Yet when it came time to pay, passengers not only had to shell out for air passenger duty (currently £13, or $21, for short-haul flights), but also other unavoidable fees such as credit/debit card charges.
While has to be avoided at all costs, the other three types of hiṃsā although unavoidable in some cases, should not exceed the strict requirements of fulfilling the duties of a householder.
A jury cleared the brewers of any wrongdoing, considering the incident as an unavoidable act of God. Henry Meux & Co., the owners, received a refund for the excise duty they had paid to produce the beer they had lost.
Rather, as we have seen, Kant holds that it is an unavoidable feature of human reasoning, instead of a moral requirement, that we represent all particular duties as leading toward the promotion of the highest good.
