单词 | free pardon |
释义 | > as lemmasfree pardon free pardon n. chiefly British an unconditional remission of the legal consequences of an offence or conviction; the granting of such a remission; cf. pardon n.1 5a. ΚΠ c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 6628 To þe ladies..þat for mercy to his grace calle, He graunted..A saufconduit and a fre pardoun. 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 103 That in case the party..woulde disclose himselfe, and stande to his mercy, he [sc. the King] woulde..yeeld him free pardon. 1644 W. Prynne Checke to Brittanicus 4 His undemerited free Pardon. 1737 G. Smith Curious Relations I. 141 A free Pardon from Queen Mary, Sister to the Emperor Charles, then Stadtholderess. 1870 D. G. Rossetti Poems 100 A decree..Whereby all banished folk might win Free pardon. 1983 K. M. MacMorran & K. J. T. Elphinstone Handbk. for Churchwardens & Parochial Church Councillors iii. 35 Any such deposition can subsequently be reversed only by a free pardon from the Crown. 2012 W. R. Reynolds Andrew Pickens xiii. 290 The Governor wrote Marion that Pickens had suggested a free pardon so wives and children of Tories could return to their homes. < as lemmas |
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