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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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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,

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

mitigating

serving to reduce blame of situations as mitigating factors mitigating circumstances Opposite of aggravating

Social backwardness

the result of poverty to a large extent. Social backwardness which results from poverty is likely to be aggravated by considerations of their caste. This shows the relevance of both caste and poverty in determining factor of

Simulatio latens

latens, a species of feigned disease, in which disease is actually present, but where the symptoms are falsely aggravated, and greater sickness is pretended than really exists, Beck's Med. Jurisp. 3.

P'n' potius molliend' quam exasperand' sunt

P'n' potius molliend' quam exasperand' sunt. 3 Inst. 220, (Punishments should rather be softened than aggravated.)

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.

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