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pardon — An executive action that mitigates or sets aside punishment for a crime. An act of grace from governing power which mitigates the punishment the law demands for the offense and restores the rights and privileges forfeited on account of the… … Black's law dictionary
Pardon — For the Breton religious festivals, see Pardon (ceremony). Clemency redirects here. For the town, see Clemency, Luxembourg … Wikipedia
Norfolk Four — The Norfolk Four are Derek Tice, Danial Williams, Joseph J. Dick Jr. and Eric C. Wilson. They are four of the five men convicted in the brutal rape and murder of Michelle Moore Bosko in 1997 in Norfolk, Virginia. The convictions of the four were… … Wikipedia
Nation Party (Turkey) — The Nation Party ( tr. Millet Partisi ) is a political party in Turkey active from 1948 to 1953 and from 1962 to 1977.HistoryFormation and splitThe Nation Party was founded on July 19, 1948 by former Prime Minister and Chief of Staff Fevzi Çakmak … Wikipedia
Nation Party (Turkey, 1948) — This article is about the first Turkish political party named Nation Party . For later parties of that name, see Nation Party (disambiguation). The Nation Party (Turkish: Millet Partisi) was a conservative and nationalistic political party in… … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Indulgences — • A remission of the temporal punishment due to sin, the guilt of which has been forgiven Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Indulgences Indulgences … Catholic encyclopedia
List of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament to 1601 — This is a list of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament during that body s existence prior to the Act of Union of 1707. For legislation passed after 1707 see List of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament.The numbers after the … Wikipedia
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
Absolution — • The remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Absolution Absolution … Catholic encyclopedia
