There was no legal excuse to hold him anymore.

It gives owners and general managers a legal excuse not to finagle.

The broad question addressed was whether circumstances over which the accused could have had some control gave him a legal excuse for his actions.

It's not a legal excuse, but it might sway a judge.

He set it up to provide him with a legal excuse for murder.

Neither is likely to work as a legal excuse, and both certainly fail on any ethical register.

We have embraced the principle of open disclosure and no legal excuse may be used against it.

Walking marriage is used as a legal excuse for prostitution (Kingdom of Women).

Malice is found if a person killed intentionally and without legal excuse or mitigation.

In other words, none of the recognized legal excuses will permit the individual to avoid the contract.