Reprieve

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Reprieved (-pr?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprieving.]
	1.	To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days. He reprieves the sinnner from time to time. - Rogers.
	2.	To relieve for a time, or temporarily. Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his melaneholy yet can not secure him from his conscience. - South.
n.	1.	A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days.
	2.	Interval of ease or relief; respite. All that I ask is but a short reprieve, ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve. - Denham.

Noun	1.	reprieve - a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort Synonyms: respite
	2.	reprieve - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something Synonyms: abatement, hiatus, respite, suspension
	3.	reprieve - a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
	4.	reprieve - the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment Synonyms: respite
Verb	1.	reprieve - postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution Synonyms: respite
	2.	reprieve - relieve temporarily

REPRIEVE, crim. law practice. This term is derived from reprendre, to take back, and signifies the withdrawing of a sentence for an interval of time, and operates in delay of execution. 4 Bl. Com. 394. It is granted by the favor of the pardoning power, or by the court who tried the prisoner.
     3. Reprieves are sometimes granted ex necessitate legis; for example, when a woman is convicted of a capital offence, after judgment she may allege pregnancy in delay of execution. In order, however, to render this plea available she must be quick with child, (q.v.) the law presuming, perhaps absurdly enough, that before that period, life does not commence in the foetus. 3 Inst. 17; 2 Hale, 413; 1 Hale, 368; 4 Bl. Com. 395.
     4. The judge is also bound to grant a reprieve when the prisoner becomes insane. 4 Harg. St. Tr. 205, 6; 3 Inst. 4; Hawk B. 1, c. 1, s. 4; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 757.

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