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Definition of Free pardon
1. Noun. The formal act of liberating someone.
Generic synonyms: Clemency, Mercifulness, Mercy
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Amnesty, Pardon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Free Pardon
Literary usage of Free pardon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1794)
"... to bis authority," mall and may obtain a full and free pardon of all ...
Copy of tie free Pardon granted by his ..."
2. The Holy War Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, to Regain the Metropolis of by John Bunyan (1832)
"At length a free pardon ia obtained and universal joy succeeds. Now the old
recorder, and my Lord Understanding, with some others of the chief of the town, ..."
3. Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux by James Hardy Vaux (1819)
"Receive a free Pardon from the hands of Captain (late Governor J King.—Account
of our Passage Home.—Suffer a great deal from the want of Provisions. ..."
4. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"free pardon. — " What is the effect of a free pardon ? It is clear that it extends
to far more than merely acquitting of punishment. It is, in fact, ..."
5. History of England by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1870)
"Under these apprehensions the Ministers found themselves enabled, ere the Session
closed, to propose and carry through an Act of Grace and free pardon, ..."
6. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1887)
"Procures a free pardon from King James.—A "doleful ditty" composed by him on
Nutter's persecution.—A cry for relief.—Past and present. ..."
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