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exculpatory

[ UK /ɛkskˈʌlpətəɹˌi/ ]
[ US /ˌɛkˈskəɫpəˌtɔɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. clearing of guilt or blame

How To Use exculpatory In A Sentence

  • The plaintiff, in his affidavit, states that he believes there is exculpatory evidence in the possession of the various prosecuting defendants.
  • Local public defenders wonder whether police preserve so-called exculpatory videos, the kind of tapes that could get a client off the hook. CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2007
  • Those often led the parties, honestly but mistakenly, to reinterpret the past in self-exculpatory or vengeful terms. Times, Sunday Times
  • There may have been some initial exculpatory talk about cobwebbed values – collateral damage from a career-long walling-up within the dungeon of football – but this evaporated with the first airing of the phrase "Would you smash it? Andy Gray and Richard Keys convicted on sound evidence | Barney Ronay
  • However, since automatism is such a powerful exculpatory factor, the courts have attempted to circumscribe its use, defining it fairly narrowly and developing three major doctrines of limitation.
  • What is the process for any curial challenge to a ruling not to exercise that exculpatory power?
  • Zero tolerance means that if you test positive for prohibited substance use, then barring any exculpatory or extenuating circumstances, it is likely that you will be issued with a termination notice or reduced in rank.
  • Liberal Catholic E.J. Dionne called the church's response "bureaucratic and self-exculpatory" in his Washington Post column. Opportunity in Crises
  • It is primarily for the defence to look for and collect evidence aimed at refuting the charges (although if the Prosecutor finds exculpatory evidence, he is duty bound to disclose it to the defence).
  • Their diaries are dull, unperceptive and self-exculpatory. Times, Sunday Times
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