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Amnesty

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005305

A government's blanket forgiveness of an offense or status violation for a whole class of people, in immigration law a grant of lawful status to unauthorized immigrants who meet set conditions, as under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Because it applies to a class rather than one person, it differs from an individual pardon, which can be granted before or after conviction.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005305
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-005305",
  "term": "Amnesty",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A government's blanket forgiveness of an offense or status violation for a whole class of people, in immigration law a grant of lawful status to unauthorized immigrants who meet set conditions, as under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Because it applies to a class rather than one person, it differs from an individual pardon, which can be granted before or after conviction.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/amnesty/"
}

Record 276 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.