right of necessity, n.All

The Right of necessity (n.) makes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠stealing a loaf to stay alive no ordinary theft — deny a starving man self-preservation and you deny him his whole freedom.