Legal Definition and Related Resources of Cumulative

The term denotes that two things are to be added together; additional. Thus sentences imposed by a court are said to be cumulative when they are not concurrent but are to run one after the other . Similarly, remedies are said to be cumulative when they are not mutually exclusive but are all available to a party .

(Increasing), adjective

• accruing
• accumulative
• added together
• additional
• additive
• additory
• advancing
• becoming greater
• becoming larger
• broadening
• continually increasing
• enlarging
• everwidening
• expanding
• flourishing
• growing
• growing by successive additions
• incremental
• lengthening
• multiplying
• on the increase
• piling up
• strengthening
• successively gaining in force
• successively waxing in force
• swelling
• thriving
• widening
• Associated Concepts: cumulative criminal acts
• cumulative sentences
• cumulative voting

(Intensifying), adjective

• accelerating
• aggravative
• amplifying
• augmentative
• becoming more intense
• boosting
• concentrating
• deepening
• enhancing
• escalating
• exaggerating
• extending
• heightening
• intensive
• magnifying
• maximizing
• multiplying
• quickening
• sharpening
• strengthening

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