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Natural justice
consistently with the rules of natural justice. This supposed distinction between quasi-judicial and administrative decisions, which was perceptibly mitigated in Dr. Bina Pani Dei case, [(1967) 2 SCR 625: AIR 1967 SC 1269)], was further rubbed out
Punishment
value of the goods stolen to be thirty-nine shillings; in the latter, a petition of bankes bastened the mitigation of a punishment which failed to protect them. The ordinary dictionary meaning of the word 'punish' is 'to
Apology
a defendant in an action of libel may in some cases plead the offer of an apology in mitigation of damages. And by s. 2, in any action for damages for a libel contained in a newspaper
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Ayurvedic, Siddha or Unani drug
or Unani drug, includes all medicines intended for internal or external use for or in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease or disorder in human beings or animals, and manufactured exclusively in accordance with the
death penalty
crime. A statute mandating the death penalty is unconstitutional, however. A sentencing judge is required to consider any mitigating circumstances before imposing the death penalty for a crime.
Rigorous
Manifesting exercising or favoring rigor allowing no abatement or mitigation scrupulously accurate exact strict severe relentless as a rigorous officer of justice a rigorous execution of law a
sentence
an offense and is subject to the upward or downward adjustment of its severity depending on aggravating and mitigating factors split sentence : a sentence of which part is served in prison and the other suspended and
aggravating circumstance
to an offense or defendant that receives consideration by the court esp. in imposing a death sentence compare mitigating circumstance
aggravator
aggravator : one that aggravates ;esp : aggravating circumstance [weigh the s and the mitigators in fixing a sentence]
battered woman's syndrome
self-defense even though the threat or danger was not imminent. Battered woman's syndrome is also used as a mitigating factor in sentencing.
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