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Definition of Reprieval
1. n. Reprieve.
Definition of Reprieval
1. Noun. reprieve ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reprieval
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reprieval
Literary usage of Reprieval
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"Mr. Recorder of London was sent for, who at the bar made a Narrative of the whole
passage of the Indicting, Condemning, and reprieval of ..."
2. A Selection of Cases from the State Trials ...: Trials for Treason (1327 by John William Willis Bund (1879)
"Mr Recorder of London was sent for, who at the bar made a narrative of the whole
passage of the indicting, condemning, and reprieval of ..."
3. Winthrop's Journal, "History of New England," 1630-1649 by John Winthrop, James Kendall Hosmer (1908)
"... was signed by the governor for his execution a week after, which was not
approved by some, in regard of his reprieval to the next court of assistants. ..."
4. Winthrop's Journal, "History of New England," 1630-1649 by John Winthrop (1908)
"But it was without any good reason, for a condemned man is in the power of the
magistrate to be executed when he please, and the reprieval ..."
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