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Conditional pardon

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A pardon ineffective until a condition has been performed. See 1 Nev. 319.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A conditional pardon is one granted on the condition that it shall only endure until the voluntary doing of some act by the person pardoned, or that it shall be revoked by a subsequent act on his part, as, that he shall leave the state and never return. Ex parte Janes, 1 Nev. 319; State v. Wolfer, 53 Minn. 135, 54 N. W. 1065, 19 L. R. A. 783, 39 Am. St. Rep. 582; State v. Barnes, 32 S. C. 14, 10 S. E. 611, 6 L. R. A. 743, 17 Am. St. Rep. 832 ; People v. Bums, 77 Hun, 92, 28 N. Y. Supp. 300.

Defined under Pardon in Black's Law Dictionary.