Oblivion - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: oblivionAct of Oblivion
Act of Oblivion, 12 Car. 2, c. 11, a general indemnity and legal oblivion of all that had been done amiss in the late interruption of government, but with an exception in the case of certain specified persons; see Hall. Const. History....
Amnesty
Amnesty [fr. auvnorla, Gk., non-remembrance], an act of pardon or 'oblivion' (see, e.g., the Act of Oblivion, 12 Car. 2, c. 11, and 20 Geo. 2, c. 52), by which crimes against the Government up to a certain date are so obliterated that they can never be brought into charge. All acts of amnesty originate with the Crown.As understood in common parlance, the word 'amnesty' is appropriate only where political prisoners are released and not in cases where those who have committed felonies and murders are pardoned, State (Govt of NCT of Delhi) v. Prem Raj, (2003) 7 SCC 121 (126): 2003 SCC (Cri) 1586. (Constitution of India, Arts. 72, 161)Means a pardon extended by the government to a group or class of persons, usually for a political offence; act of a sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of persons who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted, e.g. the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act provided amnesty for undocumented aliens already present in the country, B...
Oblivion
The act of forgetting or the state of being forgotten cessation of remembrance forgetfulness...
Perpetuate
To make perpetual to cause to endure or to be continued indefinitely to preserve from extinction or oblivion to eternize...
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