0 an official order given by a king or queen to stop the punishment of a person accused of a crime --
He was excluded from the royal pardon to the rebels.
They were released from prison in 2003 on royal pardon.
A royal pardon can not excuse the defendant from trial, but a pardon may reprieve a convicted defendant.
The application for royal pardon has to be carried out by the convicted person himself, his relatives or any other person in his name.
The royal pardon did not annul her conviction.
His difficulties became only deeper when he apparently attempted to falsify a royal pardon (ironically, for the crime of fraud).
He was saved from death sentence through a royal pardon.
The papal subjects were punished with just a few days in jail and then, after seeking royal pardon, were granted it.
