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aggravation

aggravation. 1. The fact of being increased in gravity or seriousness. 2. Eccles. law. A censure threatening the recipient with an increase in the penalties associated with excommunication, usu. because the recipient disre-garded an earlier sentence. • For example, a person who spurned a sentence of excommunication might be sub-jected to an anathema (a formal […]

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aggravation of damages

aggravation of damages 加重损害赔偿 指虽不影响所犯罪行的性质和实质,但却应该提高损害赔偿额的一些特定情况。主要包括:1造成伤害的客观环境特殊;2受害人未能获得及时的医疗救助或其选择、僱用的医生医疗不当造成的严重后果;3受害人以前就存在身体的或精神的严重不良状态;4被告人对被害人实施伤害有高度的恶意,从而应增加对其惩罚性的赔偿。

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aggravation

aggravation n. 趋重情节 使犯罪或不法行为的严重性增加的情节。犯罪的主体、犯罪的动机、犯罪的行为方式、犯罪的后果及犯罪的其他情况都可能使犯罪情节加重,如为强奸目的而进行的攻击、持械攻击、造成实际的人身伤害的暴力攻击、警察盗窃等。犯罪前科有时也被视为趋重情节。趋重情节犯罪的被害人在诉讼中可以请求增加损害赔偿金。

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aggravation rule

aggravation rule. Workers’ compensation. The principle that when an on-the-job injury combines with a preex-isting injury, resulting in a greater disability than that which would have resulted from the on-the-job injury alone, the entire disability is compensable as if it had occurred at work. [Cases: Workers’ Compensation 552–566. C.J.S. Workmen’s Compensation §§ 325–337.]

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aggravated

aggravated, adj. 1. (Of a crime) made worse or more serious by circumstances such as violence, the presence of a deadly weapon, or the intent to commit another crime (aggravated robbery). Cf. SIMPLE(1). 2. (Of a tort) made worse or more serious by circumstances such as intention to cause harm or reckless disregard for another’s

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