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Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. A LAWFUL EXCUSE is a defence that may be raised by the defendant at trial. The onus/burden is on the defendant that even though they were breaking a law, they have a legal reason why they did it, and thus should not be found guilty.EXAMPLE.nswered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. A LAWFUL EXCUSE is a defence that may be raised by the defendant at trial. The onus/burden is on the defendant that even though they were breaking a law, they have a legal reason why they did it, and thus should not be found guilty.
noun. 1  An explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness. 2  A reason or grounds for excusing: Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law. 3  The act of excusing. 4  A note explaining an absence. 5  Informal An inferior example: a poor excuse for a poet; a sorry excuse for a car.