extenuating circumstances
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noun
alleviating circumstances, consideration, exception, extenuation, mitigating circumstances, mitigation, palliation, palliative circumstances, partial excuse, qualification, qualifying reasons, softening circumstances
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006
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Circumstances that make a crime appear less serious and make the one who committed it appear less blameworthy than would ordinarily be the case.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
Amy Hackney Blackwell.
2008.
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Surrounding or mitigating factors that reduce a party's level of responsibility or guilt, whether in a civil or criminal trial. Successfully showing extenuating circumstances might result in a lower damage award, a more lenient punishment, or a lesser charge.
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill.
2009.
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Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law.
2005.
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Facts surrounding the commission of a crime that work to mitigate or lessen it.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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surrounding factors (sometimes called mitigation) which make a crime appear less serious, less aggravated or without criminal intent, and thus warranting a more lenient punishment or lesser charge (manslaughter rather than murder, for example).
Law dictionary.
EdwART.
2013.
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Extenuating circumstances — In law, extenuating circumstances in criminal cases are unusual or extreme facts leading up to or attending the commission of the offense which, though an offense has been committed without legal justification or excuse, mitigate or reduce its… … Wikipedia
extenuating circumstances — Law. circumstances that render conduct less serious and thereby serve to reduce the damages to be awarded or the punishment to be imposed. [1830 40] * * * extenuating circumstances UK [ɪkˌstenjʊeɪtɪŋ ˈsɜː(r)kəmˌstænsɪz] US [ɪkˌstenjueɪtɪŋ… … Useful english dictionary
extenuating circumstances — Such as render a delict or crime less aggravated, heinous, or reprehensible than it would otherwise be, or tend to palliate or lessen its guilt. Such circumstances may ordinarily be shown in order to reduce the punishment or damages. In contract… … Black's law dictionary
extenuating circumstances — Such as render a delict or crime less aggravated, heinous, or reprehensible than it would otherwise be, or tend to palliate or lessen its guilt. Such circumstances may ordinarily be shown in order to reduce the punishment or damages. In contract… … Black's law dictionary
extenuating circumstances — Law. circumstances that render conduct less serious and thereby serve to reduce the damages to be awarded or the punishment to be imposed. [1830 40] * * * … Universalium
extenuating circumstances — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. extenuation, mitigation, uncontrollable situation, palliation, excuse, justification … English dictionary for students
extenuating circumstances — ex|ten|u|a|ting cir|cum|stanc|es [ ık,stenjueıtıŋ sɜrkəm,stænsəz ] noun plural conditions that make a bad action or mistake seem less serious, especially because they make it seem reasonable … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
extenuating circumstances — UK [ɪkˌstenjʊeɪtɪŋ ˈsɜː(r)kəmˌstænsɪz] / US [ɪkˌstenjueɪtɪŋ ˈsɜrkəmˌstænsəz] noun [plural] conditions that make a bad action or mistake seem less serious, sometimes even making it seem reasonable … English dictionary
extenuating circumstances — Facts which reduce the damages in a civil case or the penalty in a criminal case … Ballentine's law dictionary
extenuating — adj. serving or tending to reduce the severity of guilt or blameworthiness; as, extenuating circumstances. Syn: mitigating. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
