Law Dictionary Definitions

aggregate  (ag-r<<schwa>>-git),  adj.  Formed  by  combining  into  a  single  whole  or  total <aggregate income>. — aggregately,adv. aggregate   (ag-r<<schwa>>-git),   n.   An   assemblage   of   particulars;   an   agglomeration <aggregate of interests>. aggregate (ag-r<<schwa>>-gayt), vb. To collect into a whole <aggregate the claims>. [Blacks Law 8th]

aggravator.  1.  One  who  commits  a  crime  with  an  aggravating  circumstance.  2.  See aggravating circumstance under CIRCUMSTANCE. Cf. MITIGATOR. [Blacks Law 8th]

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.] [Blacks Law 8th]

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  ban …

aggravating factor.See aggravating circumstance under CIRCUMSTANCE.[Blacks Law 8th]

aggravating element.See aggravating circumstance under CIRCUMSTANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

aggravating circumstance.See CIRCUMSTANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

aggravated sodomy.See SODOMY. [Blacks Law 8th]

aggravated robbery.See ROBBERY. [Blacks Law 8th]

aggravated misdemeanor.See serious misdemeanor under MISDEMEANOR. [Blacks Law 8th]