Mitigating Circumstance - Law Dictionary Search Results
mitigating circumstance
Matched in: Term mitigating circumstance
mitigating
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aggravating circumstance
Matched in: Term aggravating circumstance
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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. … 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.
mitigator
mitigator : one that mitigates ;specif : mitigating circumstance [a statutory ] mit·i·ga·to·ry [mi-ti-gə-tȯr-ē] adj
point
calculating something: as a : a unit used in calculating a sentence by various factors (as aggravating or mitigating circumstances) b : a unit used in the pricing of securities and valuation of markets c : a … something: as a : a unit used in calculating a sentence by various factors (as aggravating or mitigating circumstances) b : a unit used in the pricing of securities and valuation of markets c : a charge
Mitigation of punishment
Mitigation of punishment, a reduction in punishment due to mitigating circumstances that reduce the Criminal's level of culpability, such as the existence of no prior convictions, Black's Law … Mitigation of punishment, a reduction in punishment due to mitigating circumstances that reduce the Criminal's level of culpability, such as the existence of no prior convictions, Black's Law Dictionary,
Homicide
the life of a human being. In its several stages of guilt, arising from the parti-cular circumstances of mitigation or aggravation which attends it, it is either justifiable, excusable, or felonious. I. Justifiable, of three kinds: (a) … Homicide, destroying the life of a human being. In its several stages of guilt, arising from the parti-cular circumstances of mitigation or aggravation which attends it, it is either justifiable, excusable, or felonious. I. Justifiable, of three
aggravator
aggravator : one that aggravates ;esp : aggravating circumstance [weigh the s and the mitigators in fixing a sentence]
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 … so long as no offence was found to have been committed by the workman. The suspension under such circumstances, therefore, could not be a punishment even though it may be of an indefinite duration and would not
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