Leniency: Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.
Leniency - Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.
Letters of Administration - Legal document issued by a court that shows an administrator's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
As a result of this leniency in the ecclesiastical courts, a number of reforms were undertaken to combat the abuse of the benefit of clergy.
CLEMENCY: Clemency is leniency or compassion shown towards convicted offenders by those empowered to administer justice.
In theory, probation is not a form of leniency but is intended for offenders whose rehabilitation can be better achieved by community care than by imprisonment.
slang for a "plea bargain" in which an accused defendant in a criminal case agrees to plead guilty or "no contest" to a crime in return for a promise of a recommendation of leniency in sentencing to be made by the prosecutor to the judge and/or an ...
(n) The term 'Back To Back' is used to represent imposing of two life term punishments on a person for different crimes committed by him, where by one punishment takes away any leniency available in the punishment term of the other.
Usually it is a legal transaction in which a defendant pleads guilty in exchange for some form of leniency. It often involves a guilty plea to lesser charges or a guilty plea to some of the charges if other charges are dropped.
It is customary in Muslim law to classify crimes based on the applicable punishment. Hudud is considered to be a religious punishment and for which there is no leniency once the crime has been proven.
CLEMENCY. The disposition to treat with leniency. See Mercy; Pardon.
 See also: Law, Criminal, Court, Jurisdiction, Person
  
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