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Created page with 'File:lighterstill.jpgright|frame ==Origin== ''Latin'' ''condōnāre'' to present, give up, remit, forgive, pardon, < ''con''- altogether + ''dō...'
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==Origin==
''Latin'' ''condōnāre'' to present, give up, remit, [[forgive]], [[pardon]], < ''con''- altogether + ''dōnāre'' to give: see donation n., [[pardon]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1805]
==Definitions==
*1: To [[forgive]] or overlook (an [[offence]]), so as to treat it as non-existent; esp. to forgive [[tacitly]] by not allowing the [[offence]] to make any [[difference]] in one's [[relations]] with the offender.
==Description==
'''Condonance''' may be made when an [[accuser]] has previously [[forgiven]] or '''condoned''' (in some way or at some level [[supported]]) the [[act]] about which they are [[complaining]]. In some [[legal]] [[jurisdictions]], and for certain [[behaviors]], it may prevent the accuser from prevailing.
For example, if a creditor states that they [[forgive]] a certain [[debt]], they might be blocked (or estopped) from attempting to collect that debt later. They would not be blocked from collecting any other debts, however. Condonation may also be a [[defense]] in cases of dismissal from employment for cause where the employer by [[word]] or [[conduct]] forgives or impliedly forgives [[behavior]] which would otherwise justify dismissal without notice.
On the other hand, condonation is irrelevant to some [[acts]]. For example, some [[jurisdictions]] [[prohibit]] fighting by [[consent]] (other than in specially-sanctioned sports, such as boxing). In such a [[jurisdiction]], people [[arrested]] for brawling cannot avoid prosecution by condoning one other's [[assaults]].
[[Category: Law]]
==Origin==
''Latin'' ''condōnāre'' to present, give up, remit, [[forgive]], [[pardon]], < ''con''- altogether + ''dōnāre'' to give: see donation n., [[pardon]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1805]
==Definitions==
*1: To [[forgive]] or overlook (an [[offence]]), so as to treat it as non-existent; esp. to forgive [[tacitly]] by not allowing the [[offence]] to make any [[difference]] in one's [[relations]] with the offender.
==Description==
'''Condonance''' may be made when an [[accuser]] has previously [[forgiven]] or '''condoned''' (in some way or at some level [[supported]]) the [[act]] about which they are [[complaining]]. In some [[legal]] [[jurisdictions]], and for certain [[behaviors]], it may prevent the accuser from prevailing.
For example, if a creditor states that they [[forgive]] a certain [[debt]], they might be blocked (or estopped) from attempting to collect that debt later. They would not be blocked from collecting any other debts, however. Condonation may also be a [[defense]] in cases of dismissal from employment for cause where the employer by [[word]] or [[conduct]] forgives or impliedly forgives [[behavior]] which would otherwise justify dismissal without notice.
On the other hand, condonation is irrelevant to some [[acts]]. For example, some [[jurisdictions]] [[prohibit]] fighting by [[consent]] (other than in specially-sanctioned sports, such as boxing). In such a [[jurisdiction]], people [[arrested]] for brawling cannot avoid prosecution by condoning one other's [[assaults]].
[[Category: Law]]