attendant circumstance

  • 1Attendant circumstance — Criminal law Part o …

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  • 2Circumstance — or circumstances can refer to: Rhetoric Circumstances (rhetoric) Legal terms Aggravating circumstance Attendant circumstance Exigent circumstance Extenuating circumstances Literature Circumstance (short story) Films Circumstance (film) Others… …

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  • 3attendant — I. a. Accompanying, attending, concomitant, following, consequent. II. n. 1. Follower, satellite, companion, fellow, associate, escort, attender. 2. Attender, frequenter, person present. 3. Servant, vassal, servitor, dependant, retainer, squire,… …

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  • 4circumstance — cir cum*stance (s[ e]r k[u^]m*st[a^]ns), n. [L. circumstantia, fr. circumstans, antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around; circum + stare to stand. See {Stand}.] 1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an …

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  • 5attendant — [ə ten′dənt] adj. 1. attending or serving [an attendant nurse] 2. being present 3. accompanying as a circumstance or result [attendant difficulties] n. 1. a person who attends or serves [an attendant at the zoo, a queen s attendants] 2 …

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  • 6circumstance — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin circumstantia, from circumstant , circumstans, present participle of circumstare to stand around, from circum + stare to stand more at stand Date: 13th century 1. a. a condition, fact …

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  • 7circumstance — 1. noun a) That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things. Then another circumstance happened, which made a lasting impression on my memory, though I was but a small child. b) An… …

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  • 8circumstance — 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,… …

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  • 9Not a circumstance — circumstance cir cum*stance (s[ e]r k[u^]m*st[a^]ns), n. [L. circumstantia, fr. circumstans, antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around; circum + stare to stand. See {Stand}.] 1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact …

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