Aggravation - Law Dictionary Search Results
battery
striking or by administering a poison or drug) that is not consented to by the victim compare assault aggravated battery : criminal battery that is accompanied by aggravating factors: as a : criminal battery that causes or
assault
crime of assault accompanied by battery ;specif : sexual assault in this entry called also assault and battery aggravated assault : a criminal assault accompanied by aggravating factors: as a : a criminal assault that is committed
robbery
the person or immediate presence of another by violence or threat of violence and with intent to steal aggravated robbery : robbery committed with aggravating factors (as use of a weapon, infliction of bodily injury, or use
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burglary
have broadened the common-law crime. Entering at night is often no longer required and may be considered an aggravating factor. The building may be something other than a dwelling, such as a store or pharmacy. Some states
Assault
not more than 5l. fine. As to 'aggravated' assault on a boy under 14 or any woman, see AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, and see generally Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal law (Offences against Person),' and notes. In criminal law means,
Enhancement
The act of increasing or state of being increased augmentation aggravation as the enhancement of value price enjoyments crime
Mixed larceny
Mixed larceny, otherwise called compound or complicated larceny, that which is combined with circumstances of aggravation, as violence to the person, or taking from a house. See LARCENY.
Trial
the counsel for the defendant may address the Court in mitigation, and the counsel for the prosecution in aggravation, of his sentence. Sentence may be deferred to a future day. Right to Trial by Jury. In criminal
Equality
not have a different content from equality under art. 14. Equality of opportunity for unequals can only mean aggravation of inequality. Equality of opportunity admits discrimination with reason and prohibits discrimination without reason, State of Kerala v.
Exemplary damages
damages on an unsparing scale, given in respect of tortious acts, committed through malice or other circumstances of aggravation. In Belt. v. Lawes, (1884) 2 QBD 356, an action by a sculptor for libellously styling him an
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