Mitigation
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Reduction; diminution; lessening of the amount of a penalty or punishment Circumstances which do not amount to a justification or excuse of the act committed may yet be properly considered in mitigation of the punishment; as, for example, the fact that one who stole a loaf of bread was starving. ' In actions for the recovery of damages, matters may often be given in evidence in mitigation of damages which are no answer to the action itself. See Damages; Chab-