Necessitas Culpabilis

Culpable or blameworthy necessity; that kind of necessity which excuses a man who kills another se defendendo. So called by Lord Bacon to distinguish it from the necessity of killing a thief or malefactor. Bac. Com. Law, c. 5; 4 Bl. Comm. 187. NECESSITAS EST LEX TEMPORIS ET loci. Necessity is the law of a particular time and place. 8 Coke, 69; Hale, P. C. 54. NECESSITAS EXCUSAT AUT EXTENUat delictum in capitallbus, quod non operatur idem in civilibus. Necessity excuses or extenuates delinquency in capital cases, but not in civil. See "Necessity." NECESSITAS FACIT LICITUM QUOD alias non est licitum. Necessity makes that lawful which otherwise is unlawful. 10 Coke, 61. NECESSITAS INDUCIT PRIVILEGIUM quoad jura privata. With regard to private