Mercy

8 Compassion; leniency; clemency. 1.

At common law, the conclusion of a judgment for the plaintif Ewas that the defendant "be m mercy" (misericm-dia.\ that is, be fined for his delay of justice; and when the judgment was for the defendant, the 1 3 Kent, 3. ' 4 Bl. Com. 67; 1 id. 75, S73. ' Merchants' Bank v. State Bank, 10 Wall. 651 (1870), Swayne, J. < Woodbury v. Eoberts, 59 Iowa, 349 (1882), Beck, J. 5 Fox V. Fisk, 7 Miss. 846 (1842). •Wood V. United States, 11 Ct. CI. 685 (1875), Lorlng, Judge. ' Warner v. Arctic Ice Co., 74 Me. 478 (1883), cases, conclusion was that the plaintiff be in mercy for his false claim. ' See Amerce. 2. Justice is to be administered with mercy: it is reserved for the sovereign or his deputy to extend mercy wherever he thinks it deserved, holding a court of equity in his own breast to soften the rigor of the law in such criminal cases as merit an exemption from punishment." See Pardon. 3. Deeds, of mercy in Sunday laws, see Sunday.