necessity

  • 41Necessity in English law — For the discussion on general principles and policy, see necessity In English law, the defence of necessity recognises that there may be situations of such overwhelming urgency that a person must be allowed to respond by breaking the law. There… …

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  • 42Necessity and Urgency Decree — A Necessity and Urgency Decree[1] (Spanish: Decreto de necesidad y urgencia, also known as DNU) is a special kind of order issued by the President of Argentina. Unlike regular decrees, which are used in Argentina for rulemaking, a DNU has the… …

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  • 43Necessity in Canadian law — For a general discussion of the necessity defense, see necessity defense. Canadian criminal law allows for a common law defence of necessity. The leading case for the defence is Perka v. The Queen [1984] 2 S.C.R. 232 in which Dickson J. described …

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  • 44Necessity defense (New York) — For the necessity defense generally, see necessity. The Penal Law of the State of New York combines justification and necessity into a single article, Article 35. Defense of Justification comprises sections 35.05 through 35.30 of the Penal Law.… …

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  • 45necessity knows no law — Cf. L. necessitas non habet legem, necessity has no law. 1377 LANGLAND Piers Plowman B. xx. 10 Nede ne hath no lawe, ne neure shal falle in dette. c 1530 W. TYNDALE Answer to More B1 Two things are without law, God and necessity. a 1555 N. RIDLEY …

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  • 46Necessity good — In economics a necessity good is a type of normal good. Like any other normal good, when income rises, demand increases. But the increase for a necessity good is less than proportional to the rise in income, so the proportion of expenditure on… …

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  • 47Necessity defense (Kansas) — For the necessity defense generally, see necessity. The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that the necessity defense may not be used when the harm the defendant claims to be avoiding through his actions was legal, while the action undertaken to… …

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  • 48necessity is the mother of invention — Cf. PERSIUS Satires Prologue 10 magister artis ingeniique largitor venter, the belly is the teacher of art and the giver of wit. The idea is stated more succinctly in 1519 W. HORMAN Vulgaria 52 Nede taught hym wytte. Necessitas ingenium dedit.… …

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  • 49necessity, accidental —    A proposition is true of accidental necessity at a certain time if it is outside causal reach at that time, that is, if it cannot be caused to be true or caused to be false at that time. It is alleged in the problem of foreknowledge and… …

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  • 50necessity product — /nə sesɪti ˌprɒdʌkt/ noun an ordinary everyday product which consumers tend not to buy much more of as their incomes rise ● Consumers find shopping for necessity products boring. ● Fancy packaging will not increase sales of necessity products …

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