Legal Definition and Related Resources of Compound

Mix or prepare as to prepare a prescription for use or particular different articles specified in prescriptions as to be fit for patients; to combine, unite, to form or make up as a composite product by combining different elements , ingredients or parts.

verb

• accrue
• add to
• advance
• aggrandize
• aggravate
• amount
• ampliare
• amplificare
• annex
• append
• augere
• be augmented
• be numerous
• become greater
• become larger
• branch out
• build up
• burgeon
• contribute to
• develop
• dilatare
• dilate
• distend
• elaborate
• enhance
• enlarge
• enrich
• exacerbate
• exaggerate
• exalt
• expand
• extend
• fill in
• fill out
• fortify
• further
• gain ground
• gain strength
• get ahead
• give strength to
• glorify
• greaten
• grow larger
• heighten
• increase
• increase the numbers
• inflate
• intensify
• lend force to
• lengthen
• magnify
• make greater
• make larger
• multiply
• open out
• parlay
• pile up
• prolong
• protract
• raise
• refine
• reinforce
• restrengthen
• spread out
• strengthen
• subjoin
• superadd
• supplement
• widen
• Associated Concepts: compounding a crime
• compounding a felony
• compounding penaltyforeign phrases: Aestimatio praeteriti delicti ex postremofacto nunquam crescit
• The weight of a past crime is never increased by a subsequent fact

adjective

• aggregate
• aggregated
• amalgamated
• assimilated
• associated
• blended
• combined
• commixed
• complex
• complicated
• composite
• compositus
• conglomerate
• congregated
• conjoint
• conjugate
• conjunct
• connected
• convoluted
• elaborate
• embodied
• entangled
• fused
• hybridized
• incorporated
• infused
• inseparable
• integrated
• interlaced
• intermingled
• interwoven
• intricate
• involved
• manifold
• merged
• mingled
• mixed
• mosaic
• motley
• multifarious
• multiform
• multiple
• multiplex
• solid
• tangled
• tied
• united
• varied
• variegated
• woven
• Associated Concepts: compound a crime
• compound interest
• compound larceny
• compounding a felony foreign phrases: Aestimatid praeteriti delicti expostremo facto nunquam crescit
• The weight of an offense committed in the past is never increased by a subsequent fact

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Compound in Historical Law

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Translate Objection, Compound from English to Spanish

Translation of Objection, Compound, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Objeción, consta de varias preguntas and other legal terms is available here.

• Objeción, consta de varias preguntas
• Objeción, es compuesta
• Legal English Translation

Compound in Law Enforcement

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

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

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

English Legal System: Compound

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Compound :

1. To make a *composition with creditors.

2. See compounding an offence.