commutation
Noun
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same as: commuting
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referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authorityis a type of: warrant - a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
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referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authorityis a type of: clemency, mercifulness, mercy - leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justicesame as: re-sentencing
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is a type of: change - the action of changing somethingsubtypes:
- replacement, replacing - the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
- subrogation - (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another
- ablactation, weaning - the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
same as: exchange, substitution
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