 | United States. Congress. House - 956 strani
...delivering the opinion of the court, says: '-A pardon is an act of grace proceeding from the power inlrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the...bestowed from the punishment the law inflicts for a erime he has committed. * * It is a deed, to the validity of which, delivery is essential; and delivery... | |
 | Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd - 1846 - 720 strani
...the clause imposing it.] PARDON. ft A PARDON is an act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed. 7 Pet. 160 ; Bouv. LD ht Pardons are general, as when an act of amnesty is passed forgiving all persons... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1872 - 752 strani
...is our language, and to whcse judicial institutions ours bear a close resemblance. * * * A pardon ie an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted...execution of the laws, which exempts the individual from the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed." "It is the private, though official... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1896 - 784 strani
...Marshall in US v. Wilson, 7 Pet. 160: "A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the...inflicts for a crime he has committed. It is the private, though official, act of the executive magistrate, delivered to the individual for whose benefit it... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1892 - 830 strani
...any power upon the board to pardon. "A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed." US v. Wilson, 7 Pet. 150. Section 6 expressly declares that nothing in the act shall be construed to... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1854 - 536 strani
...rules prescribing the manner in which it is to be used by the person who would avail himself of it. A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from • the...with the execution of the laws, which exempts the indiI vidual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment the law inflicts for a erimo he has committed.... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1855 - 774 strani
...some trespass done, or some other just cause, were lawfully impounded. PARDON, crim. law, pleading. A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed. 7 Pet. SC Rep. 160. 2. Every pardon granted to the guilty is in derogation of the law ; if the pardon... | |
 | Richard Peters - 1860 - 792 strani
...rules prescribing the manner in which it is to be used by the person who would avail himself of it. A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power...from the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he hae committed. It is the private, though official act of the executive magistrate, delivered to the... | |
 | Charles Henry Lee - 1863 - 264 strani
..."A pardon is an act of grace proceeding from the power intrusted with the execution of the laws, and exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed from...punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed." * * * But, "a pardon is a deed, to the validity of which delivery is essential, and delivery is not... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Supreme Court - 1864 - 652 strani
...person who would avail himself of it. A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the...inflicts for a crime he has committed. It is the private, though official act of [ * 161 ] the executive magistrate, delivered to- the * individual for whose... | |
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A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the individual, on whom it is bestowed, from the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed. 
