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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Fr. & Eng. [Lat. gratia.l Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right. Acts of parliament granting pardons are called acts of grace, 1 BL Com. 184. Plus de gmceq'de droit; more of favor than of right. Britt, c. 69.