Definition of Exculpatory. Meaning of Exculpatory. Synonyms of Exculpatory

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Definition of Exculpatory

Exculpatory
Exculpatory Ex*cul"pa*to*ry Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing. ``An exculpatory letter.' --Johnson.

Meaning of Exculpatory from wikipedia

- Exculpatory evidence is evidence favorable to the defendant in a criminal trial that exonerates or tends to exonerate the defendant of guilt. It is the...
- contract, an exculpatory clause is a statement that aims to prevent one party from holding the other party liable for damages. An exculpatory clause is generally...
- prosecution must turn over all evidence that might exonerate the defendant (exculpatory evidence) to the defense.: 4  The prosecution failed to do so for Brady...
- the legal system of the United States, a Brady disclosure consists of exculpatory or impeaching information and evidence that is material to the guilt...
- "Mistakes were made" is an expression that is commonly used as a rhetorical device, whereby a speaker acknowledges that a situation was handled poorly...
- liability. Motive can be fully inculpatory or exculpatory or only partially inculpatory or exculpatory. When one has acted with a specific motive, lawful...
- case, primarily his conspiring with the DNA lab director to withhold exculpatory DNA evidence that could have acquitted the defendants. Nifong was born...
- The wrongful conviction of Steve Titus was a miscarriage of justice in which Steve Gary Titus (1949–1985), an American businessman, was convicted wrongly...
- (1992), was a U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the presentation of exculpatory evidence to a grand jury. It ruled that the federal courts do not have...
- case. Evidence that tends to show a person's innocence is considered exculpatory evidence. For example, if a man is poisoned to death by an overdose of...