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Definition of Amnesties
1. amnesty [v] - See also: amnesty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amnesties
Literary usage of Amnesties
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"In connexion with the third of these points, the Lords who last year had undertaken
the keeping of the sea were amnesties, relieved of their ..."
2. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"Judges Holt and Burgh were rein- amnesties, stated ; the proceedings against Sir
Simon Burley were cancelled. " All these were wise and politic measures, ..."
3. The Comic History of the United States,: From a Period Prior to the by John D. Sherwood (1870)
"amnesties and Pardons. — Scripture outdone. — Forgiveness forced upon the Unrepenting.
—Results of Congressional Reconstruction. — The President tried and ..."
4. "Welcome to Hell": Arbitrary Detention, Torture, and Extortion in Chechnya by Johanna Bjorken, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Peter Bouckaert (2000)
"... Business of Release: Extortion and "amnesties" The majority of former detainees
interviewed by Human Rights Watch reported that they were only released ..."
5. American Annual Register edited by Joseph Blunt (1835)
"... 1829—Protocol of that conference—Boundaries of Greece—Tribute—Indemnity for
Turkish property—Independence qualified—amnesties—Mutual armistice—Russia to ..."
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