presidential/royal pardon

noun

: a pardon from a president or a king or queen

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Former President Biden granted Fauci a preemptive presidential pardon before Trump took office in January to shield the retired doctor from prosecution. Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 6 June 2025 And then just last month, the former boxer was granted a full presidential pardon. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025 Last week, a three-judge panel with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected her latest bid to overturn her felony fraud conviction and prison sentence, narrowing her options for early freedom to a Hail Mary appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court or a presidential pardon. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 12 May 2025 One day after Todd and Julie Chrisley were released from federal prisons on a presidential pardon, a potential order for the disgraced music mogul was called into question. Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for presidential/royal pardon

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“Presidential/royal pardon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presidential%2Froyal%20pardon. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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