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1circumstance — cir·cum·stance n 1 a: a condition, fact, or event accompanying, conditioning, or determining another the circumstance s constituting fraud or mistake shall be stated Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 9(b) b: a piece of evidence that indicates …
2Circumstance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Circumstance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 circumstance circumstance situation phase position posture attitude place point Sgm: N 1 terms terms Sgm: N 1 regime regime Sg …
3circumstance — [[t]sɜ͟ː(r)kəmstæns[/t]] ♦♦♦ circumstances 1) N COUNT: usu pl, with supp The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens. Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain… …
4circumstance — /ˈsɜkəmstæns / (say serkuhmstans), / stans/ (say stahns) noun 1. a condition, with respect to time, place, manner, agent, etc., which accompanies, determines, or modifies a fact or event. 2. (usually plural) the existing condition or state of… …
5circumstance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Concomitant condition Nouns 1. circumstance, situation, condition, case, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, environment; footing, standing, status, state; occasion, eventuality, juncture,… …
6Attendant circumstance — Criminal law Part o …
7Pomp and Circumstance Marches — The Pomp and Circumstance Marches (full title Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches ), Op. 39 are a series of marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar. For the music commonly known as Pomp and Circumstance in the United States,… …
8extenuating circumstance — or mitigating circumstance In law, circumstance that diminishes the culpability of one who has committed a criminal offense. In many Anglo American legal systems, provocation of the accused by the victim can reduce a charge of first degree murder …
9Exigent circumstance — An exigent circumstance, in the American law of criminal procedure, allows law enforcement to enter a structure without a warrant, or if they have a knock and announce warrant, without knocking and waiting for refusal under certain circumstances …
10incriminating circumstance — A fact or circumstance, collateral to the fact of the commission of a crime, which tends to show either that such a crime has been committed or that some particular person committed it …
