Defense, Good Faith Reliance on Counsel Law and Legal Definition
Good faith is the genuine belief that one's action is fully justified, both in law and in fact. Under the good faith reliance on counsel, a person would not be willfully doing wrong, if before taking any action with regard to the alleged offense, s/he consulted in good faith a lawyer and disclosed all relevant facts to the lawyer and acted strictly in accordance with the advice given by the lawyer. Good faith reliance on counsel is a complete defense when willfulness is an essential part of charge. For this defense, accused must prove that s/he relied in good faith on the mistaken advice of the lawyer. It must be proved further that there was full disclosure of all relevant facts to the lawyer before advice.
Legal Definition list
- Defense Finance and Accounting Service [DFAS]
- Defense Emergency Response Fund
- Defense Criminal Investigative Service [DCIS]
- Defense Coordinating Officer [DCO]
- Defense Contractor
- Defense in Depth
- Defense Industrial Base
- Defense Information
- Defense Information Systems Agency
- Defense Intelligence Agency
- Defense Legal Services Agency
