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aggravated<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n adj<\/em>. (17c)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong><\/span> Increased; heightened; more severe; worsened. A criminal act accompanied by violence or a substantial degree of force is an aggra<\/span><\/strong>vated crime.\u00a0 Aggravated crimes include aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and aggravated robbery.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/strong> <aggravated robbery>.<\/strong>\u00a0 Cf. SIMPLE (1).<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

2. (Of a<\/span> tort<\/a>) made worse or more serious by circumstances such as intention to cause harm or reckless disregard for another\u2019s safety<\/span><\/strong> <the defendant\u2019s negligence was aggravated by malice>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3. (Of an<\/span> injury<\/a>) harmful to a part of the body previously injured or debilitated<\/span><\/strong> <an aggravated bone fracture>.<\/strong>\u00a0 See AGGRAVATION RULE. [3]<\/span>
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Types of Crimes that May<\/em> Be Classified as Aggravated:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

aggravated battery<\/span> –<\/strong> See BATTERY (1).<\/span><\/p>\n

aggravated kidnapping<\/span> –<\/strong> See KIDNAPPING.<\/span><\/p>\n

aggravated misdemeanor<\/span> –<\/strong> See serious misdemeanor under MISDEMEANOR.<\/span><\/p>\n

aggravated robbery<\/span> –<\/strong> See ROBBERY. <\/span><\/p>\n

aggravated sodomy<\/span> –<\/strong> See SODOMY. <\/span><\/p>\n

aggravating circumstance<\/span> –<\/strong> See CIRCUMSTANCE.<\/span><\/p>\n

aggravating element<\/span> –<\/strong> See aggravating circumstance under CIRCUMSTANCE.<\/span><\/p>\n

aggravating factor<\/span> –<\/strong> See aggravating circumstance<\/em> under CIRCUMSTANCE.<\/span><\/p>\n

aggravation <\/span>–<\/strong> (17c) 1. That which enhances the gravity of a criminal or tortious act; allegations in a declaration or complaint which tend to enhance damages.\u00a0 An enhancement of a wrong or injury.\u00a0 In some jurisdictions, an offense is aggravated by the circumstance of a previous conviction of the same offense. State v Bruno<\/em>, 69 Utah 444, 256 P 109<\/span>. <\/strong>[1]\u00a0 1. The fact of being increased in gravity or seriousness.\u00a0 2.<\/strong> Eccles. law.<\/em> A censure threatening the recipient with an increase in the penalties associated with excommunication, usu. because the recipient disregarded an earlier sentence.\u00a0 *\u00a0 For example, a person who spurned a sentence of excommunication might be subjected to an <\/strong><\/span>anathema (a formal ban or curse).<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014 <\/span>aggravate<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, vb<\/em>. [3]
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aggravation rule<\/span> –<\/strong> (1968) Workers\u2019 compensation<\/em>. The principle that when an on-the-job injury combines with a preexisting injury, resulting in a greater disability than that which would have resulted from the on-the-job injury <\/strong><\/span>alone, the entire disability is compensable as if it had occurred at work.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

aggravator <\/span>–<\/strong> (1985) 1. Someone who commits a crime with an aggravating circumstance.\u00a0 2.<\/strong> See aggravating circumstance<\/em> under CIRCUMSTANCE.\u00a0 Cf. MITIGATOR. [3]
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aggravated arson<\/span> – The intentional damaging by an explosive substance, or setting fire to any structure, watercraft, or movable, wherein it is foreseeable that human life may be endangered. State v Mur<\/em><\/span><\/span>phy<\/em>, 214 La 600, 38 So 2d 254<\/span>. <\/span><\/strong>[1]\u00a0 1.<\/strong> See ARSON. [3]
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aggravated assault<\/span> – An offense variously defined in state statutes, sometimes referring to an assault with intent to commit murder, assault with intent to commit rape, assault with intent to commit robbery etc., at other times referring to a degree of the specific crime of assault. 6 Am 12d Asslt & B \u00a7 48<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong> [1]\u00a0 1. A crime of greater gravity than assault or simple assault, it involves the intent to kill or to do serious bodily harm.\u00a0 Although the presence of such intent depends upon the circumstances, every state punishes assault with a deadly weapon, assault with intent to rape. and assault with intent to commit murder, among others, as aggravated assault.
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 See also assault and battery<\/em>; criminal assault<\/em>. [2]\u00a0<\/span> 1.<\/span> <\/strong>See ASSAULT. [3]<\/span>
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aggravated larceny<\/span> – The offense in particular forms defined by statute, such as larceny from the person, larceny from a dwellinghouse, larceny from a railv road car, larceny of Federal property, larceny of <\/span>commodity supplied by a public utility, etc. 32 Am J1st Larc \u00a7\u00a7 43 et seq<\/span>. <\/span><\/strong>[1]\u00a0 1.<\/strong> See LARCENY. [3]
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aggravated rape<\/span> – The offense of rape under circumstances which render the offense more heinous, such as tender age of the victim or a blood relationship between the accused and the victim. State v <\/em><\/span><\/span>Daniels<\/em>, 169 Ohio St 87, 8 Ohio 56, 157 NE2d 736, 76 ALR2d 468<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

aggravation of damages<\/span> – A phrase of several connotations: (1) an increase in compensable damages because of the circumstances which surrounded the injury; (2) an increase in the damages suffered resulting from the failure of the injured party to seek medical relief or the unskilful treatment given by the physician whom he selected and employed, which category comes within the doctrine of avoidable consequences; (3) increasing the severity of a pre-existing physical or mental condition by committing a tort against the afflicted person; and (4) an increase in exemplary or punitive damages because of the high degree of malice in the acts of the defendant which injured the plaintiff. 22 Am 12d Damg \u00a7 199<\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nMatter of aggravation does not consist in acts of the same kind and description as those constituting the gist of the action, but in something done by the defendant, on the occasion of committing the trespass, which is, to some extent, of a different legal character from the principal act complained of.
\n<\/strong><\/span>A very graphic illustration of matter in aggravation appears where the plaintiff declares in trespass for breaking and entering his house, and alleges in addition, that the defendant also destroyed goods in the house and debauched his daughter.\u00a0 Hathaway v Rice<\/em>, 19 Vt 102, 107<\/span>. <\/span><\/strong>\u2014 aka aggravated damages<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. [1]\u00a0 1.<\/strong> See punitive damages<\/a><\/strong>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

aggravating circumstances<\/span> – Acts or conduct which increase the seriousness of a criminal act or the gravity of its effect. (EXAMPLE: burglary during which the house is vandalized.) Courts often impose more severe sentences when there are aggravating circumstances.<\/strong>
\nCompare mitigating circumstances<\/em>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Disclaimer:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> All material throughout this website is compiled in accordance with Fair Use<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/span><\/em><\/a> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations <\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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