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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.
excuse means to overlook some (usu.) slight offense, because of circumstance, realization that it was unintentional, or the like: to excuse rudeness. forgive is applied to excusing more serious offenses; the person wronged not only overlooks the offense but harbors no ill feeling against the offender: to forgive and forget.