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==Origin==
probably blend of obsolete ''repreve'' to reprove (from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]) and obsolete ''repry'' to remand, postpone, from Anglo-French ''repri''-, past stem of ''reprendre'' to take back
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1596]
==Definitions==
*1: to delay the punishment of (as a condemned [[prisoner]])
*2: to give [[relief]] or deliverance to for a [[time]]
==Description==
Temporary postponement of a punishment, usually so that the accused can mount an [[appeal]] (especially if he or she has been sentenced to [[death]])
[[Category: Law]]
==Origin==
probably blend of obsolete ''repreve'' to reprove (from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]) and obsolete ''repry'' to remand, postpone, from Anglo-French ''repri''-, past stem of ''reprendre'' to take back
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1596]
==Definitions==
*1: to delay the punishment of (as a condemned [[prisoner]])
*2: to give [[relief]] or deliverance to for a [[time]]
==Description==
Temporary postponement of a punishment, usually so that the accused can mount an [[appeal]] (especially if he or she has been sentenced to [[death]])
[[Category: Law]]
