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Definition of Commutations
1. commutation [n] - See also: commutation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commutations
Literary usage of Commutations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Penal Code of California: Enacted in 1872; as Amended Up to and by California, Walter Scott Brann (1903)
"To communicate to the legislature reprieves, commutations, and pardons. ...
The governor has power to grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons after ..."
2. The Codes and Statutes of California, as Amended and in Force at the Close by California, Carter Pitkin Pomeroy (1901)
"To communicate to the legislature reprieves, commutations^ and pardons. Sec.
1420. ... The governor has power to grant reprieves, commutations, ..."
3. The Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of New York by New York (State) (1850)
"Power of governor to grant reprieves, commutations and pardoni. ... Governor to
communicate annually to legislature, reprieves, commutations and pardons. ..."
4. The Penal Code of California: Enacted in 1872; as Amended in 1881 by California (1881)
"To communicate to the Legislature reprieves, commutations, and pardons. ...
The governor has power to grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons after ..."
5. The Code of Criminal Procedure and Penal Code of the State of New York: As by New York (State)., John Thomas Cook (1901)
"Power of governor to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons. ... Governor to
communicate annually to legislature reprieve*, commutations and pardons. ..."
6. The Constitutional History of New York: From the Beginning of the Colonial by Charles Zebina Lincoln (1906)
"The governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons
after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, ..."
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