amnesty
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 73 U.S. 766 - Armstrong's Foundry · 1867Most cited · 35 citing opinions
the claimant of property seized under the act of August 6th, 1861, is entitled to the benefit of amnesty to the same extent as, under like pleading and proof, he would be entitled to the benefit of pardon
How often courts cite the case defining “amnesty”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “amnesty” — 35 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.