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necessity
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necessity
n.
essential; indispensability; obligation; need, requirement; poverty
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Necessity
In U.S. criminal law, necessity may be either a possible justification or an exculpation for breaking the law. Defendants seeking to rely on this defense argue that they should not be held liable for their actions as a crime because their conduct was necessary to prevent some greater harm and when that conduct is not excused under some other more specific provision of law such as self defense. Except for a few statutory exemptions and in some medical cases there is no corresponding defense in English law for murder.
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necessity
Noun
1. the condition of being essential or indispensable
(hypernym) need, demand
(hyponym) requisiteness
(attribute) necessary
(derivation) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
2. anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
(synonym) essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
(hypernym) thing
(hyponym) desideratum
(derivation) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
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necessity
n.
nutnost, nezbytná potřeba
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necessity
Rzecz.
potrzeba; konieczność; nieodzowność; artykuł pierwszej potrzeby
