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Definition of prerogative of mercy in English: prerogative of mercynoun mass nounThe right and power of a sovereign, state president, or other supreme authority to commute a death sentence, to change the mode of execution, or to pardon an offender. Example sentencesExamples - Neither he nor any previous president has exercised the prerogative of mercy.
- The prerogative of mercy exists as a safety valve where the criminal trial and appeal system produces a result which the public interest cannot sustain.
- Yet the people, like all sovereigns, had the prerogative of mercy, and on the eighteenth a reprieve was proposed.
- The prerogative of mercy should be exercised by procedures which are fair and proper and… are subject to judicial review.
- This was particularly dangerous for Middleton because it challenged the royal prerogative of mercy.
Definition of prerogative of mercy in US English: prerogative of mercynoun The right and power of a sovereign, president, or other supreme authority to commute a death sentence, to change the mode of execution, or to pardon an offender. Example sentencesExamples - Yet the people, like all sovereigns, had the prerogative of mercy, and on the eighteenth a reprieve was proposed.
- Neither he nor any previous president has exercised the prerogative of mercy.
- This was particularly dangerous for Middleton because it challenged the royal prerogative of mercy.
- The prerogative of mercy exists as a safety valve where the criminal trial and appeal system produces a result which the public interest cannot sustain.
- The prerogative of mercy should be exercised by procedures which are fair and proper and… are subject to judicial review.
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