<def-root>An <fen>Authority</fen> excuses an <fen>Offense</fen> that an <fen>Offender</fen> has committed, with the effect of ending or preventing any punishment.
<ex>President Ford <t>pardoned</t> <fex name="off">her</fex> <fex name="tim">after it came to light she was being held in Japan as an "enemy alien" and was secretly working to subvert the broadcasts</fex> <fex name="fen">DNI</fex> </ex>
<ex> <fex name="aut">President John Quincy Adams</fex> <m>granted</m> <fex name="off">them</fex> a <t>pardon</t> and remission of the fine. <fex name="fen">DNI</fex> </ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE denotes the offender that seeks or gets the pardon.
<ex>Defense minister Ivanov rules out <t>pardon</t> <fex name="off">for Chechen rebel leader Maskhadov</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>Authority is the organization or person taht grants the pardon.
<ex><fex name="Authority">The governement</fex> issued a <t>pardon</t> <fex name="off">to the two convicts</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE denotes the the illegal act that the <fen>Offender</fen> is pardoned for.
<ex>They demanded a <t>pardon</t> <fex name="off">to John</fex> <fex name="Offense">for inadverdent manslaughter</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root><fen>Explanation</fen> is the cause for pardoning an <fen>Offender</fen>.
<ex>He appealed for a <t>pardon</t> <fex name="exp">on the grounds such as ill-health</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE denotes the time when the pardon is given
<ex>The families demanded a <fex name="Time">posthumous</fex> <t>pardon</t> for the executed soldiers.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>An intentional action performed by the <fen>Authority</fen> that accomplishes the pardon.
<ex>But Queen Mary, pitied his youth and <t>pardoned</t> him <fex name="mea">by a bill addressed to her chancellor, Stephen Gardener from St.James's, on 18th March 1554</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>Any description of the act of pardon which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (<ment>quietly</ment>, <ment>loudly</ment>) and general descriptions comparing events (<ment>the same way</ment>). It may indicate salient characteristics of an <fen>Authority</fen> that also affect the action (<ment>presumptuously</ment>, <ment>coldly</ment>, <ment>deliberately</ment>, <ment>eagerly</ment>, <ment>carefully</ment>).
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<def-root>The location at which the pardoning takes place.
<ex>On 1 March 2002, Andreyev was found guilty of libel and conditionally sentenced
to two years in prison and then <t>pardoned</t> <fex name="pla">in the courtroom</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>An action that the <fen>Authority</fen> intends to accomplish by pardoning
<ex>U.S. research on biologicals started in World War II and was greatly augmented by captured Japanese research and scientists, who were <t>pardoned</t> <fex name="pur">to help the U.S. efforts</fex>.</ex></def-root>
Clemency
COD: a remission of the legal consequences of an offence or conviction.
FN: to remiss of the legal consequences of an offence or conviction.