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mitigating circumstances |
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mitigating circumstances pl n
(Law) circumstances that may be considered to lessen the culpability of an offender Translations mitigating circumstances [ˈmɪtɪˌgeɪtɪŋˈsɜːkəmstənsɪz] npl → circostanze fpl attenuanti mitigating circumstances [ˈmɪtɪˌgeɪtɪŋˈsɜːkəmstənsɪz] npl → circostanze fpl attenuanti How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Thanks to these mitigating circumstances, and to Julian's inexhaustible good-humor, the aunt and the nephe w generally met on friendly terms. The American, Abe Slaney, was condemned to death at the winter assizes at Norwich, but his penalty was changed to penal servitude in consideration of mitigating circumstances, and the certainty that Hilton Cubitt had fired the first shot. |
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