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Definition of Reprieving
1. reprieve [v] - See also: reprieve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reprieving
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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