commutation
折算,减刑,换算,换届
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Definitions
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- : the act of substituting one thing for another; substitution; exchange.
- : the changing of a prison sentence or other penalty to another less severe.
- : the act of commuting, as to and from a place of work.
- : the substitution of one kind of payment for another.
- : Electricity. the act or process of commutating.
- : Also called commutation test .Linguistics. the technique, especially in phonological analysis, of substituting one linguistic item for another while keeping the surrounding elements constant, used as a means of determining the constituent units in a sequence and their contrasts with other units.
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Examples
Earlier this month, he attempted to remove two parole board members from the commutation hearing, after accusing them of being biased because of their connections to advocacy groups that seek to reduce incarceration numbers.
Two plaintiffs in the case have been released since they filed the suit, one through a commutation and another through a judge’s resentencing order.
Going forward, the federal Bureau of Prisons will begin advising inmates of the opportunity to apply for sentence commutation.
More than 2,000 supporters have signed a petition arguing for commutation in the days since the sentencing.
Recently leaving an event, Schwarzenegger was asked by a reporter for a comment on the Nunez commutation.
Mr. Shiel said that the preamble already set forth that the bill was to effect a commutation.
Commutation, he argued, would do no good; a new appropriation of church property alone could produce even a momentary calm.
The commutation of tithes in England was a subject still more complicated and difficult.
Often was death demanded as a commutation of this ignominious punishment, but refused with a malignant joy.
If no reprieve could be obtained, no commutation of the sentence, he would speak out and set Andrew Westwood free.