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Definition Of Executive Clemency:


nThe power granted to the governor by most state constitutions and vested in the president by the United States Constitution as chief executive officer to pardon or to commute any sentence imposed by a court within that officer's jurisdiction.
See also clemency, commutation, pardon, and reprieve.

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