commutation

commutation (kom-y[schwa]-tay-sh[schwa]n), n.

1. An exchange or replacement.

2. Criminal law. The executive’s substitution in a particular case of a less severe punishment for a more severe one that has already been judicially imposed on the defendant. Cf. PARDON; REPRIEVE. [Cases: Pardon and Parole 28. C.J.S. Pardon and Parole §§ 4, 34–41.]

3. Commercial & civil law. The substitution of one form of payment for the other. — commute, vb. — commutative, adj.

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双语律师Raymond，亚洲知名法学院法律专业，擅长翻译各类与生物科技与制药相关的法律文件。