in certain circumstances

  • 1under certain circumstances — because of particular conditions. Your insurance will pay for that surgery, but only under certain circumstances, for example if it s an emergency …

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  • 2circumstances — 01. Most people are in favor of abortion under certain [circumstances]. 02. Police are talking to a number of people in order to get more information about the [circumstances] in which the murder occurred. 03. We need to help poor people in… …

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  • 3circumstances — n. 1) adverse, difficult, trying circumstances 2) reduced, straitened circumstances 3) aggravating; extenuating, mitigating circumstances 4) attendant; compelling; exceptional, special; favorable; suspicious; tragic; unavoidable; unforeseen… …

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  • 4certain — cer|tain1 W1S1 [ˈsə:tn US ˈsə:r ] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Vulgar Latin certanus, from Latin certus decided, certain , from cernere to sift, decide ] 1.) [not before noun] confident and sure, without any doubts = ↑sure certain… …

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  • 5Circumstances — Several Hindu scriptures are devoted to describe various unknown theories and facts in general, specific and logical aspects, as the precise scientific descriptions are not available. Circumstances are also defined and explored by these recorded… …

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  • 6Circumstances prior to the Malayan Emergency — In 1948, the Communists and the British colonial government in Malaya entered a period of guerrilla fighting which has become known to history as the Malayan Emergency. The name derives from the state of emergency declared by the colonial… …

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  • 7certain information that a felony has been committed — Information of circumstances sufficiently strong to warrant a cautious man in the belief that the person arrested has committed a felony were held sufficient. Burton v McNeill, 196 SC 250, 13 SE2d 10, 133 ALR 603 …

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  • 8Do otherwise in the same circumstances — The ability to choose and do otherwise in exactly the same circumstances is one of two criteria considered essential for libertarian free will and for moral responsibility. The other is the existence of alternative possibilities for action.[1]… …

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  • 9Extenuating circumstances — In law, extenuating circumstances in criminal cases are unusual or extreme facts leading up to or attending the commission of the offense which, though an offense has been committed without legal justification or excuse, mitigate or reduce its… …

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  • 10Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons — Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects Drafted September 10–28, 1979 and Sep 15–Oct 10, 1980 Signed April 10, 1981… …

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