Reprieve - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: reprievereprieve
reprieve re·prieved re·priev·ing [alteration of earlier repry to send back (to prison), return to custody, perhaps from Anglo-French repris, past participle of reprendre to take back, from Old French] : to delay the punishment of (as a condemned prisoner) n 1 a : the act of reprieving : the state of being reprieved b : a formal temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence esp. of death as an act of clemency 2 : an order or warrant of reprieve ...
Reprieve
Reprieve [fr. reprendre, Fr., to take back], the suspension of the execution of a criminal's sentence.It may take place (1) ex mandato regis, at the mere pleasure of the Crown.Or (2) ex arbitrio judicis, either before or after judgment; as, where the judge is not satisfied with the verdict, or the indictment is insufficient, or any favourable circumstances appear in the criminal's character, in order to give time to apply to the Crown for either an absolute or conditional pardon.Or (3) ex necessitate legis; as where a woman is capitally convicted and pleads her pregnancy. See JURY FMATRONS.Or (4) if the criminal become non compos, 4 Steph. Com.Temporary postponement of execution of a criminal sentence, esp. a death sentence, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1305.Reprieve, is derived from reprendre, to keep back, and signifies the withdrawing of the sentence for an interval of time, and operates in delay of execution, A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law 757, 2nd Edn., 1826.Mean...
Reprieval
Reprieve...
clemency
clemency pl: -cies 1 : willingness or ability to moderate the severity of a punishment (as a sentence) 2 : an act or instance of mercy, compassion, or forgiveness see also amnesty, commute, pardon, reprieve ...
Reprieve
A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence especially of a sentence of death...
Respite
Respite, to postpone--thus, to enter and respite an appeal is to enter the same, and postpone the hearing to a future day. Consult Pritch. on Q. Sess.Also, interval, reprieve, suspension of a capital sentence, a delay, forbearance, or continuation of time.There are respite of execution, of debt, of homage, and of a jury....
Sentence of death, Recording of
Sentence of death, Recording of. See the disused but still unrepealed Judgment of Death Act, 1823 (4 Geo. 4, c. 48), 'to enable Courts to abstain from pronouncing sentence of death in certain capital felonies,' and enter judgment on the record instead--which had the effect of a reprieve.The (English) Children Act, 1933, s. 53(1), provides as follows:-Sentence of death shall not be pronounced on or recorded against a person under the age of eighteen, but in lieu thereof the Court shall sentence him to be detained during His Majesty's pleasure, and, if so sentenced, he shall, notwithstanding anything in the other provisions of this Act, be liable to be detained in such place and under such conditions as the Secretary of State may direct....
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