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Circumstance or circumstances may refer to:

Law[edit]

• Attendant circumstance, a legal concept which Black's Law Dictionary defines as the "facts surrounding an event"
  • Aggravating circumstance, a circumstance attending the commission of a crime which increases its enormity or adds to its consequences
  • Exigent circumstance, allowing law enforcement to enter a structure outside the bounds of a search warrant
  • Extenuating circumstances, information regarding a defendant or crime that might result in reduced charges or a lesser sentence

Arts and media[edit]

Films[edit]

• Circumstance (2011 film), a 2011 dramatic film written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz
• Circumstance (1922 film), a 1922 Australian silent film directed by Lawson Harris

Literature[edit]

• "Circumstance" (short story), an allegorical short story by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
• Circumstance, a 1935 novel by William M. John

Music[edit]

• Pomp and Circumstance Marches, a series of marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar
• "Circumstances" (song), a 1978 song by the Canadian band Rush

Other uses[edit]

• Circumstances (rhetoric), questions whose answers are considered basic in information gathering or problem solving

See also[edit]

• Circumstantial (disambiguation)
• Community of circumstance, a group of people who share a position, circumstance, or life experiences

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