Mitigation Of Damages
(n) Mitigation of Damages is the responsibility of the sufferer of a crime, misdoing or accident to take steps to stop or reduce further or consequential loss which may occur to them as a result of the crime, ...
Mitigation: Action by an employee that will reduce the amount of damages resulting from an unlawful employment practice, i.e., obtaining new employment after a wrongful termination.
Mitigation of Damages or Doctrine of Avoidable Consequences: Imposes a duty on victims of a tort to take reasonable steps to minimize their damages after an injury has been inflicted.
Mitigation - A reduction, abatement, or diminution of a penalty or punishment imposed by law.
Mitigation of Damages:
A person who sues another for damages has a responsibility to minimize those damages, as far as reasonable.
Mitigation
A worker claiming compensation for loss of earnings arising from unfair dismissal or discrimination is under a duty to take reasonable steps to reduce his/her loss of earnings by finding alternative employment.
mitigation of damages
n. the requirement that someone injured by another's negligence or breach of contract must take reasonable steps to reduce the damages, injury or cost, and to prevent them from getting worse.
mitigation term usually used to refer to various changes or improvements made in a home; for instance, to reduce the average level of radon.
modification when a lender agrees to modify the terms of a mortgage without refinancing the loan.
Mitigation - Reduction of penalty or punishment.
Moot - A moot case or a moot point is one not subject to a judicial determination because it involves an abstract question, because there is no actual controversy, ...
mitigation
Circumstances which go towards reducing the damages or punishment which the court may order against a defendant or prisoner.
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Mitigation of damages
Definition
1 : a doctrine in tort and contract law: a person injured by another is required to mitigate his or her losses resulting from the injury < ...
Expanded Legal Definition of Mitigating CircumstancesMitigation of Damages A person who sues another for damages has an obligation to minimize - mitigate - those damages, as far as reasonable.
When the prisoner pleads guilty the court finds a verdict accordingly, reads the summary of evidence, hears any statement in mitigation of punishment, and takes evidence as to character before proceeding to pass sentence.
Mitigation: Facts which, while not negating an offence or wrongful action, tend to show that the defendant may have had some excuse for acting the way he did. For example, provocation may constitute mitigating circumstances in an assault action.
The mitigations of this rigid rule, which the policy of modern times has introduced into practice, will more or less affect the exercise of this right, but cannot impair the right itself.
Malice is found if a person killed intentionally and without legal excuse or mitigation.
Diminished capacity is a defence which serves to negate the mental state of "malice".
If a term had been stipulated in favor of a creditor, it must be expired; the offer should be made at the time agreed upon for the performance of the contract if made afterwards, it only goes in mitigation of damages, ...
 See also: Person, Right, Cause, Action, Court
  
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