When Henry called his chief lords to serve in the war of Toulouse, he allowed the lower tenants to commute their service for sums payable to the royal treasury under the name of "scutage," or shield-money.
A fresh step towards freedom was made by the growing tendency to commute labour-services for money-payments.
The evening commute had begun in earnest, so there was a lot more traffic than there had been that morning.
We shall still hope that, either the Viceroy or Mr. Montagu will commute the death sentences.
His Excellency's refusal to commute two death sentences out of five is a fine illustration of the accusation.
No protest was made against this, for it was a financial rather than a military move; arrangements were made to commute service for cash and the Suprema was thus aided in meeting the royal demands for contributions.
In another more serious case he intervened after trial and sentence to commute the punishment.
Many of them were not unwilling to commute their pensions, since their creed had always forbidden them to care for money.
Are you a Smock-Sinner, or so, Commute soundly, and you shall be let go.
To this testimony of the decline of chivalry must be added the important fact that in 1439 people petitioned parliament for liberty to commute by a pecuniary fine the obligation to receive knighthood.
I now hold in my hand a letter from a Trenton friend informing me that this recommendation induced the Governor to commute the death sentence into imprisonment.
That you should not endure one hour more of anxiety than need be, I have hurried to you, to tell you that I shall commute his sentence to imprisonment with the other political prisoners in Virginia.
The governor could commutesentences in criminal cases.
If the decree of banishment were imposed by the audiencia in its judicial capacity, the governor was forbidden to commute the sentence or otherwise interfere in the matter.
Dear Sir: I am aware that petitions are being circulated and signed by the general public, asking you to commute the sentence of death which was inflicted upon me by a criminal court of this State.
I think the refusal of Governor Roosevelt to commute the sentence of Mrs. Place is a disgrace to the State.
I thought it would have been far better to commute the punishment to imprisonment, and I said so; and I not only said so, but I wrote a letter to Governor Oglesby, in which I urged the commutation of the death sentence.
He was liable to restraints on the freedom of inland trade, to personal services and forced contingents: our object was to commute them all for a fixed and well-known contribution.
He seemed at times to be asking God to commutethese penalties.
The king, in his inexhaustible clemency, has deigned to commute his penalty to that of penal servitude for life.
Still another pious use is indicated in an order from the Suprema, in 1549, to the tribunal of Granada, to commute the sanbenito of Catalina Ramirez into spiritual works and such pecuniary penance as she could pay for pious uses.
The Provisional President may declare general amnesty, grant special pardon, commute punishment, and restore rights, but in the case of a general amnesty he must have the concurrence of the National Council.
If she can't make such an exception in your case, Natalie, we may be able to arrange so you can commute to the city for the few last weeks of school.
The distance to the station is not long, and you can easily commute to the city to attend school in September.
Washington, however, in view of his great crime and as a most necessary example in that crisis, firmly refused to commute the sentence.
I frankly tell thee I have not the power So to commute myself, had I the will.
For they love justice there so well they sell It high; great sums, money in hand, they want; Or preferably sometimes they will commute For other things than money still dearer to men.
Nor do the keys have the command tocommute some punishments, and likewise to remit a part of the punishments.
From the time the settlers began to commute or prove up on the Little Crow, all proofs which did not show fully eight month's residence, were rejected.
Chicago bank) "and when these people begin to commute and want to sell, I am ready to buy another place.
