Extenuating Circumstances

Extenuations, by Bentham

Text of one of the sections, titled “Extenuations” in the “Specimen of a Penal Code”, edited from the French of Dumont, and the original MSS. and printed works of Bentham, of the “Essay on the Promulgation of Laws, and the Reasons Thereof; with Specimen of a Penal Code”, of the classical book “An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation”, by Jeremy Bentham:

When the delinquent has really received, or sincerely believes himself to have received, a provocation from the party injured, this may be a source of extenuation. That which constitutes the provocation is a wrong: this wrong may be of a legal or moral kind.

Spanish Translation of extenuating circumstances

This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to extenuating circumstances and / or a definition of this topic: Atenuantes (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry).