commutal

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commutal (countable and uncountable, plural commutals)

  1. (Nigeria, law) commutation (of a sentence)
    • 1985, Concord Weekly:
      Gladys' conviction generated reactions from a cross-section of Nigerians who pleaded for the commutal of the death sentence to a jail-term.
    • 1998, The Nigerian Journal of the Social Sciences: NJSS.:
      The demand for commutal of sentences was informed by two factors.
    • 2004, Reuben Abati, The Whole Truth: Selected Editorials of the Guardian (1983-2003), →ISBN:
      Having earned so much domestic and international respect for the unprecedented commutal of sentences on coup plotters last month, General Sani Abacha is expected to build on this growing goodwill by handling the Ogoni matter […]
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