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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

To oppose by direct, active, and time. gwasf-forcihle means.

State v. Welch, 37 In Criminal Law.

A reprieve

A tempo- Wis. 196, 201. rary suspension of the execution of a sen- RESISTANCE (Lat. rc, back, sisto, to tence. See Mishler v. Com., 62 Pa. 60, 1 Am. stand, to place).

The opposition of force to Rep. 377.

It differs from a pardon, which force. See Arrest; Assault; Officer; •is an absolute suspension. See Pardon; Re- Process. prieve.