2. Adjective. that serves to mitigate ¹
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Definition of Mitigating
1. mitigate [v] - See also: mitigate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mitigating
Literary usage of Mitigating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Estee's Pleadings, Practice, and Forms: Adapted to Actions and Special by Morris March Estee (1885)
"Setting up a Defense and mitigating Circumstances. [TITLE.] Form No. ...
As mitigating circumstances: I. That on the day of , 18.., the plaintiff accused ..."
2. A Treatise on the Wrongs Called Slander and Libel, and on the Remedy by by John Townshend (1890)
"... and any mitigating circumstances to reduce the amount of damages ; and whether
he prove the justification or not, he may give in evidence the mitigating ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Damages: Embracing an Elementary Exposition of the by Jabez Gridley Sutherland (1893)
"mitigating circumstances in trespass and other actions. In trespass for levying
on the plaintiff's property under an execution against a third party the ..."
4. Estee's Pleadings, Practice, and Forms: Adapted to Actions and Special by Morris March Estee, Charles Theodore Boone (1898)
"Setting up a defense and mitigating circumstance*. Form No. 864. [TITLE. ...
As mitigating circumstances: I. That on the day of , 18.., the plaintiff ..."
5. An Introduction to Computer Security: The Nist Handbook by Barbara Guttman (1996)
"20.6.1 mitigating Payroll Fraud Vulnerabilities To remove the vulnerabilities
related to payroll fraud, the risk assessment team ..."
6. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1898)
"mitigating Circumstances — a. AT COMMON LAW — (i) In General.—At common law
mitigating circumstances cannot be pleaded, but are competent evidence under the ..."
7. Estee's Pleadings, Practice and Forms by Morris March Estee, John Haynes (1879)
"Answer — Setting up a Defense and mitigating Circumstances. ... As mitigating
circumstances : I. That on the .... day of ......... , 187. ., the plaintiff ..."
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