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  • reprieve — I noun day of grace, deferment, delay, delay in execution, delay in punishment, dispensation, interval of ease, moratorium, pause, postponement, postponement of penalty, quittance, respite, respite from impending punishment, stay, stay of… …   Law dictionary

  • Reprieve (organisation) — Reprieve is the name of a number of not for profit organizations around the world which work against the death penalty, with a particular focus on legal support for those facing the death penalty. There are Reprieve organizations in the UK, the… …   Wikipedia

  • Reprieve — Re*prieve (r? pr?v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprieved} ( pr?vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprieving}.] [OE. repreven to reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn (pres. il reprueve), F. r[ e]prouver to disapprove, fr. L. reprobare to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Reprieve — Re*prieve (r? pr?v ), n. 1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. [1913 Webster] The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days. Clarendon.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Reprieve (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Reprieve Type = studio Artist = Ani DiFranco Released = August 8, 2006 Recorded = 2005–2006 Genre = Indie rock Folk rock Length = Label = Righteous Babe Producer = Ani DiFranco Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5… …   Wikipedia

  • reprieve — [[t]rɪpri͟ːv[/t]] reprieves, reprieving, reprieved 1) VERB: usu passive, no cont If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled. [be V ed] Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for… …   English dictionary

  • reprieve — I. transitive verb (reprieved; reprieving) Etymology: probably blend of obsolete repreve to reprove (from Middle English) and obsolete repry to remand, postpone, from Anglo French repri , past stem of reprendre to take back Date: 1596 1. to delay …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • reprieve — [rɪˈpriːv] noun [C] 1) a stop or delay in something bad or unpleasant 2) an official decision not to kill someone who was going to be killed as a punishment for a crime reprieve verb [T] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • reprieve ex necessitate legis — A reprieve required by law to be granted under certain circumstances, as when a woman convicted of a capital offense alleges pregnancy of a quick child in delay of execution, or when a prisoner has become insane between the time of sentence and… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • reprieve — Temporary relief from or postponement of execution of criminal punishment or sentence. It does no more than stay the execution of a sentence for a time, and it is ordinarily an act of clemency extended to a prisoner to afford him an opportunity… …   Black's law dictionary

  • reprieve — A word derived from the French, reprendre, to take back. The postponement of the execution of a sentence for a definite time, or to a day certain, not defeating the ultimate execution, merely delaying it temporarily. 39 Am J1st Pard § 7 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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