Legal Definition and Related Resources of Mitigation

A reduction in damages or a lessening of punishment as a result of facts or circumstances of an extenuating nature.

Reduction; diminution; lessening of the amount of a penalty or punishment. Circumstances which do not amount to a justification or excuse of the act committed may yet be properly considered in mitigation of the punishment; as, for example, the fact that one who stole a loaf of bread was starving. In actions for the recovery of damages, matters may often be given in evidence m mitigation of damages which are no answer to the action itself. See “Damages;” “Character.”

noun

• abatement
• abridgement
• adjustment
• alleviation
• assuagement
• attenuation
• comforting
• decrease
• diminishment
• diminution
• easing
• lessening
• levamentum
• levatio
• lightening
• mitigatio
• moderation
• palliation
• reduction
• relaxation
• relief
• softening
• soothing
• weakening
• Associated Concepts: mitigation of damages
• mitigation of sentence

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This definition of Mitigation is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This entry needs to be proofread.

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Mitigation in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of mitigation.

Meaning of Mitigation in Spanish

Description/ translation of mitigation into Spanish: circunstancia atenuante (alegación que formula el imputado o acusado para justificar el hecho delictivo y obtener una reducción de la pena)[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where mitigation belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Mitigation published by Antonio Peñaranda

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• mitigation in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• mitigation in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis