See also:

• AMNESTY (from the Gr. &µvrly-ria, oblivion)

AMNESTY (from the Gr. &µvrly-ria, oblivion)  , an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace by which the supreme See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state restores those who may have been guilty of any offence against it to the position of See also:

• INNOCENT (INNOCENTIUS)
• INNOCENT (POPES)

innocent persons . It includes more than See also:

• PARDON (through the Fr. from Late Lat. perdonare, to remit a debt or other obligation on a penalty)

pardon, inasmuch as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offence . Amnesties, which may be granted by the See also:

• CROWN

crown alone, or by act of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, were formerly usual on coronations and similar occasions, but are chiefly exercised towards associations of See also:

• POLITICAL

political criminals, and are sometimes granted absolutely, though more frequently there are certain specified exceptions . Thus, in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the earliest recorded See also:

• AMNESTY (from the Gr. &µvrly-ria, oblivion)

amnesty, that of See also:

• THRASYBULUS

Thrasybulus at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, the See also:

• THIRTY

thirty tyrants and a few others were expressly excluded from its operation; and the amnesty proclaimed on the restoration of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II. did not extend to those who had taken See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of his See also:

• FATHER

father . Other celebrated amnesties are that proclaimed by See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon on the 13th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1815, from which thirteen eminent persons, including Talleyrand, were excepted; the Prussian amnesty of the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 184o; the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general amnesty proclaimed by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria in 1857; the general amnesty granted by See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson after the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War in 1868; and the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French amnesty of 1905 . The last act of amnesty passed in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain was that of 1747, which proclaimed a pardon to those who had taken part in the second Jacobite See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion .