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Commutation

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001111

The act of reducing a criminal sentence to a less severe one, often granted by an executive authority such as a governor or president. It shortens the period of incarceration or the severity of the punishment. Commutation differs from a pardon, which fully forgives the offense.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001111
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001111",
  "term": "Commutation",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The act of reducing a criminal sentence to a less severe one, often granted by an executive authority such as a governor or president. It shortens the period of incarceration or the severity of the punishment. Commutation differs from a pardon, which fully forgives the offense.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/commutation/"
}

Record 943 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.