circumstance.
1. f. accident of time, place, mode, etc., which is attached to the substance of any fact or such.
3. f. set of what is lathe to someone; the world in the world of someone.
circumstance an aggravating circumstance.
1. f. Der. Legal grounds for increasing the criminal liability of the convicted person.
circumstance mitigating circumstance.
1. f. Der. Legal reason to reduce.
1. f. Der. Legal reason to escape criminal liability to the accused; e.g., self-defence.
1. loc. adj. said of one thing: that is somehow influenced by a casual situation.
in the circumstances present.1. loc. Advisor. In the State of the business, or as things are going.
