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Oh, there's liable to be a Iittle justifiable homicide, but it'II all be very Iegal-Iike.
Ladies and gentlemen. today a great chapter of history has been written. and we take justifiable pride. in bringing this railroad to the terminal furthest west in this country.
Besides, didn't you ever hear of a thing called justifiable homicide?
That might make it justifiable homicide.
Now I realize that Harry man was out of his mind and my action was justifiable, there's - There's no reason we shouldn't let the authorities know about it.
My lord, members of the jury, I hereby enter a plea of justifiable homicide.
This school takes very justifiable pride in its fine record of. aaagh!. scholarship and sporting achievement in all. aaagh!
Justifiable homicide.
This is justifiable homicide if anything is.
We can make a special recommendation to the court. only if we feel there is a justifiable reason to change the patient's treatment.
It was justifiable homicide!
Certainly not. It is responsible discretionexercised in the national interest to prevent unnecessary disclosure of eminently justifiable procedures in which untimely revelation couldseverely impairpublic confidence.
Capital punishment is no longer considered a justifiable deterrent.
Ladies and gentlemen, today a great chapter of history has been written and we take justifiable pride in bringing this railroad to the terminal furthest west in this country.
Oh, yeah. It would be justifiable homicide, I should say.
The dividing line between murder and justifiable execution is difficult to find.
And you expect us to believe, sir. that because you gave that ship warning. that your actions of this afternoon were justifiable?
Acquit me on the grounds of justifiable homicide!
It is responsible discretionexercised in the national interest to prevent unnecessary disclosure of eminently justifiable procedures in which untimely revelation couldseverely impairpublic confidence.
It so happens the homicide you committed was justifiable.
Now I realise that Harry man was out of his mind, and my action was justifiable, there's no reason we shouldn't let the authorities know about it.
It's justifiable that people forget.
For taking shock treatment that wasn't at all justifiable.
I think it's justifiable to go once, to know firsthand what it is you oppose.
There's no such thing as justifiable robbery.
Justifiable homicide, some might say.
No, it's justifiable.
Justifiable homicide'll never hold up.
News and current affairs
Assisting a person who has explicitly asked to die is increasingly being seen as a justifiable action, especially in the context of a terminal illness.
This was also a novelty: torture does not appear as a breach of a common standard, unfortunate but justifiable.
Applying it can seem justifiable if we put ourselves in the position of a captive, or imagine that our child, parent, or spouse has been captured by terrorists who make a credible offer to release our loved one for a ransom.
But what may be permissible and justifiable in a financial emergency may not be appropriate as standard practice during normal times.
There is now justifiable outrage, and a call for sanctions is heard everywhere.
Such screening is a common and justifiable practice around the world.
But little in the current stimulus programs is justifiable on either of the grounds mentioned above.
Tea Party candidates have even hinted that armed resistance to the US government may soon be justifiable.
But what these accountants do not provide is a way to judge when deficits are justifiable and when they are not.
Certainly, when a war's timing is a matter of choice, as in this case, inadequate preparation is even less justifiable.
This depreciation would perhaps be justifiable had Nigeria managed to use easy money to narrow the gap between ordinary Nigerians' standard of living and that of people living in Britain.
Only producing bio-fuels without the use of additional land is justifiable in terms of environmental and social policy.
This deviant logic has expanded Israel's justifiable acts of self-defense (such as targeting rocket launchers in Gaza and Lebanon) into all-out attacks.
This is to some extent justifiable: The breadth of topics is staggering, ranging from international norms for state behavior in cyberspace to challenges like cybercrime and growing censorship.
Similarly, regulation and enforcement to prevent market abuse was justifiable, because rational agents can also be greedy, corrupt, or even criminal.
As long as choice engineering tricks us into making choices that our own more deliberate self would make, they say, manipulation is justifiable.
Even if the unions win large wage increases - which is very likely and entirely justifiable given their past restraint - this will have only a negligible effect on Europe's price stability.