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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.
1 Not a denial that the act complained of was committed by the defendant. 2  Rather implicit in a plea of justification is an admission that he committed the act, but the defense is the existence or circumstances and facts which make the act, though apparently culpable, lawful. Meaning of Justification. 2  A plea by a defendant in a civil or criminal proceeding that the act complained of was lawful. 3  Not a denial that the act complained of was committed by the defendant.