circumstances
71extraordinary circumstances — n. Circumstances and factors not usually associated with a particular time, place, or situation. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
72alleviating circumstances — index extenuating circumstances Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
73palliative circumstances — index extenuating circumstances Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
74softening circumstances — index extenuating circumstances Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
75mitigating circumstances — ► LAW situations that are not an excuse for a crime, but that a court of law may consider to be important enough to reduce the blame or punishment of the accused person: »The judge said that there were no mitigating circumstances that would… …
76in the circumstances — • in the circumstances • under the circumstances in this particular situation; because of (special) conditions or influences …
77under the circumstances — • in the circumstances • under the circumstances in this particular situation; because of (special) conditions or influences …
78in reduced circumstances — slightly formal if someone, especially someone from a high social class, is in reduced circumstances, they have a lot less money than they did before. They found him living in reduced circumstances in a flat off Fulham Road …
79in reduced circumstances — Quinlan was shocked to find his brother in reduced circumstances Syn: impoverished, broke, in straitened circumstances, ruined, bankrupted; poor, indigent, impecunious, in penury, poverty stricken, destitute; needy, badly off, hard up; informal… …
80failing circumstances — Insolvency, that is, the lack of sufficient assets to pay one s debts as they become due. A person (or a corporation or institution) is said to be in failing circumstances when he is about to fail, that is, when he is actually insolvent and is… …
