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A warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one
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commutation
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the travel of a commuter [syn: commuting ] a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law [syn: re-sentencing ] the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: ...
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In neurophysiology , commutation is the process of how the brain's neural circuits exhibit non- commutativity . Physiologist Douglas B. Tweed and coworkers consider whether certain neural circuits in the brain exhibit noncommutativity and state: In noncommutative ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Commutation \Com`mu*ta"tion\, n. [L. commutatio: cf. F. commutation.] A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation. [R.] So great is the commutation that the soul then hated only that which now only it loves. --South. The act of giving ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation. 2 (context obsolete English) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange. 3 (context formal or archaic English) substitution of one thing for ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Old French commutacion "change, transformation, exchange, barter" (13c., Modern French commutation ), from Latin commutationem (nominative commutatio ) "a change, alteration," noun of action from past participle stem of commutare "to change, ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The bridge is a major commutation route. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ During his last-minute flurry of pardons and commutations before leaving office, Clinton reduced their sentences to 24 to 30 months. ▪ Of course ordinary ...
Usage examples of commutation.
As there is a kind of commutation in favors, when, to wit, a man gives thanks for a favor received, so also is there commutation in the matter of offenses, when, on account of an offense committed against another, a man is either punished against his will, which pertains to vindictive justice, or makes amends of his own accord, which belongs to penance, which regards the person of the sinner, just as vindictive justice regards the person of the judge.
It has not been announced or decided in any form by the Provost-Marshal-General, or any one else in authority of the Government, that every citizen who has paid his three hundred dollars commutation is liable to be immediately drafted again, or that towns that have just raised the money to pay their quotas will have again to be subject to similar taxation or suffer the operations of the new conscription, nor it is probable that the like of them ever will be announced or decided.
During a period of appeals, several people, including Edward Reilly, approached Hauptmann in prison with the hope that he would confess in return for a commutation of his death sentence to life.
It is likely that leading Baltimore Unionists were enlisted in his behalf through family connections, and as the Border State Unionists were then potent at Washington, they readily secured a commutation of his sentence to imprisonment during the war.
For more than a year the Michigan Parole Board left the commutation request pending.
Harry Keywell remained in prison for two more years, until Governor Romney signed a commutation order.
The parole board feels that more years of imprisonment are needed before both men attain commutation status.
Before now, the Child Empress had always been the one to issue clemencies and commutations.
Stopping to buy a new commutation ticket at the Pneumatique, he passed the time with an Esper 3, on duty at the Information Desk, who passed Fred the word about Barbara D'Courtney.
He explained to him the shuttle armature and the self-exciting field, and commutation.