Mitigating Circumstance

  

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Mitigating Circumstance

Definition: Mitigating Circumstance

Mitigating Circumstance

Noun

1. (law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Use in Literature: Mitigating Circumstance

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Record that mitigating circumstance.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Mitigating Circumstance

SubjectTopicQuote

Women

Pakistan

The Commission of Inquiry for Women has rejected the concept of "honor" as a mitigating circumstance in a murder case and recommended that such killings be treated as simple murder. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Anagrams: Mitigating Circumstance

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-e-g-g-i-i-i-i-m-m-n-n-r-s-t-t-t-u"

-5 letters: circumstantiating.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Mitigating Circumstance


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 69 74 69 67 61 74 69 6E 67      43 69 72 63 75 6D 73 74 61 6E 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01101001 01110100 01101001 01100111 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01000011 01101001 01110010 01100011 01110101 01101101 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#105 &#116 &#105 &#103 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#110 &#103 &#32 &#67 &#105 &#114 &#99 &#117 &#109 &#115 &#116 &#97 &#110 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0069 0074 0069 0067 0061 0074 0069 006E 0067      0043 0069 0072 0063 0075 006D 0073 0074 0061 006E 0063 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

477586757367867580732377584698779858667806971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Quotations: Fiction
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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