Definition of Reprieving

1. Verb. (present participle of reprieve) ¹

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Definition of Reprieving

1. reprieve [v] - See also: reprieve

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reprieving

reprevable
repreve
repreves
reprice
repriced
reprices
repricing
repricings
repriefe
repriefes
reprieval
reprievals
reprieve
reprieved
reprieves
reprieving (current term)
reprimand
reprimandable
reprimanded
reprimander
reprimanders
reprimanding
reprimands
reprime
reprimed
reprimer
reprimers
reprimes
repriming
reprint

Literary usage of Reprieving

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Asiatic Annual Register: Or, A View of the History of Hindustan, and of edited by Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel (1811)
"Our charter makes no provision for reprieving a prisoner convicted of any offence under felony, nor for reprieving a felon convict until sentence be passed. ..."

2. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1878)
"Five were order'd to be executed, but, chiefly through Mr. Winthrop's earnestness in reprieving, only Tho. Johnson dies.1 Had join'd in reprieving 1 It ..."

3. The Worcester Magazine by Isaiah Thomas (1787)
"The warrant for reprieving Gale, ... lar to that for reprieving Wilcox,&c. infert- ed in page 166 of this Magazine. ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court by New York (State). Supreme Court, New York (State), Esek Cowen, Supreme Court (1859)
"J. . . ru • u • . , r '• — country, because in England the judges possess the power of reprieving in consequence ..."

5. History of Louisiana by Charles Gayarré (1866)
"The power of reprieving," said he, " is expressly given by the Constitution in cases of high treason. Hence a plausible argument might be drawn that he may ..."

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