Mitigating - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: mitigatingmitigating circumstance
mitigating circumstance : a circumstance in the commission of an act that lessens the degree of criminal culpability [was convicted of manslaughter rather than murder because of mitigating circumstances] ;also : a circumstance or factor relating to an offense or defendant that does not bear on the question of culpability but that receives consideration by the court esp. in lessening the severity of a sentence [the mitigating circumstance of the defendant's terminal illness] compare aggravating circumstance ...
mitigating
serving to reduce blame of situations as mitigating factors mitigating circumstances Opposite of aggravating...
mitigation of damages
mitigation of damages 1 : a doctrine in tort and contract law: a person injured by another is required to mitigate his or her losses resulting from the injury [whether the patient shares any fault and whether the patient has satisfied the requirements of mitigation of damages "D'Aries v. Schell, 644 A.2d 134 (1994)"] ;also : an affirmative defense based on this doctrine called also avoidable consequences 2 : a reduction in the amount of damages awarded a party ...
Mitigate
To make less severe intense harsh rigorous painful etc to soften to meliorate to alleviate to diminish to lessen as to mitigate heat or cold to mitigate grief...
Mitigable
Admitting of mitigation that may be mitigated...
mitigate
mitigate -gat·ed -gat·ing vt : to lessen or minimize the severity of [what actions the State took to the hazardous conditions "Estate of Arrowwood v. State, 894 P.2d 642 (1995)"] [factors that the crime] see also mitigation of damages compare aggravate vi : to lessen or minimize the severity of one's losses or damage [a failure to ] mit·i·ga·tion [mi-tə-gā-shən] n mit·i·ga·tive [mi-tə-gā-tiv] adj ...
Mitigative
Tending to mitigate alleviating...
mitigation
mitigation term usually used to refer to various changes or improvements made in a home; for instance, to reduce the average level of radon. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
loss mitigation
loss mitigation a process to avoid foreclosure; the lender tries to help a borrower who has been unable to make loan payments and is in danger of defaulting on his or her loan Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Mitigator
One who or that which mitigates...
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