mitigating circumstance

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meaningsofmitigatingandcircumstance

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mitigating
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈmɪt̬.ə.ɡeɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
formal
making something less harmful, unpleasant, ...
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circumstance
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us
/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition ofmitigatingandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Roman and canonical law had long considered the mental state of offenders as amitigatingcircumstancethat could diminish criminal responsibility.
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That is anothermitigatingcircumstancefor the moment, but it is a wasting protection to which to look.
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That, no doubt, is amitigatingcircumstancefor the moment.
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What high prices in the building trade would be held to be amitigatingcircumstance?
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For instance, the defence may want one as a last hope that it will find somemitigatingcircumstance, and it may actually succeed in that object.
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I use that as amitigatingcircumstance.
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The court upheld their fatigue due to spending 52 hours working as amitigatingcircumstance.
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The trial court found two aggravating circumstances and a singlemitigatingcircumstance.
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An aggravating circumstance is a kind of attendant circumstance and the opposite of an extenuating ormitigatingcircumstance, which decreases guilt.
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The charge and verdict form created a reasonable likelihood that the jury believed it was precluded from considering anymitigatingcircumstancethat had not been found unanimously to exist.
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Those mitigating circumstances, however, must be considered against other factors.
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In a small number of cases, the mitigating circumstances are such as to result in periods served of less than 10 years.
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This recommendation took account of several mitigating circumstances that are outlined in our 10th report; we would otherwise have recommended a longer period of suspension.
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Cases which appear to call for earlier consideration—for example, because of exceptional mitigating circumstances—are referred sooner.
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But we find that there are in many instances very strong mitigating circumstances.
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He is not allowed to say that there are some mitigating circumstances and that he will not exact £1, 000 but will make it £500.
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There are no mitigating circumstances, no vestige of defence which can be advanced in support of this terrible act.
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I believe that there are many mitigating circumstances.
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So the mitigating circumstances have to be established.
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