pardine

[Eng. pard; -ine.] Having the characteristics of the pard (q. v.); spotted. "The Marbled Cat partakes more of the proverbial pardine spotted character."- Wood : Illustrated Nat . Hist ., i. 182. IMG:content-0655.png:[blocks in formation] fault committed. IMG:content-0656.png:[blocks in formation] " Pardon, sir; error: he is not quantity enough." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost, v. 1. II. Law : The pardoning power is a prerogative of the sovereign power in a state, whether representative or monarchical. In this country the pardoning power for offenses against the general government is vested in the President of the United States, the authority being delegated by the people through the medium of the constitution of the country. For offenses against the states the pardoning power is vested in the several governors, or as in a few cases, the governor and state legislature conjointly. The signification of pardon is to be differentiated from that of amnesty , which latter is the obliteration of a peculiar line of offenses arising on a special occasion, and does not bar prosecution for offenses other than those specified, while pardon includes all offenses of which a person may have, up to date, been guilty and absolves the offender entirely. In England a pardon must, until recently, have been i ued under the great seal; but is now simply granted by warrant under the royal sign manual, countersigned by one of the principal secretaries of state. It may be absolute or conditional; that is, the sovereign may extend his mercy upon what terms he pleases; and may annex to his bounty a condition either precedent or subsequent, on the performance whereof the validity of the pardon will depend; and this by the common law. par-don-a-ble, a . [Fr. pardonnable : Sp.perdon able ; Ital. per don a bile .] That may or can be pardoned; capable of being pardoned, forgiven, or overlooked; excusable, venial. "These thoughts to some will seem pardonable ."- Mil ton: Apol. for Smectymnuus.