The right and power of a sovereign, state president, or other supreme authority to commute a death sentence, to change the mode of execution, or to pardon an offender.
（君主、总统等对犯人免除死刑、改变执行方式或赦免等的）特赦权，特免权
Example sentencesExamples
Neither he nor any previous president has exercised the prerogative of mercy.
The prerogative of mercy exists as a safety valve where the criminal trial and appeal system produces a result which the public interest cannot sustain.
Yet the people, like all sovereigns, had the prerogative of mercy, and on the eighteenth a reprieve was proposed.
The prerogative of mercy should be exercised by procedures which are fair and proper and… are subject to judicial review.
This was particularly dangerous for Middleton because it challenged the royal prerogative of mercy.
Definition of prerogative of mercy in US English:
prerogative of mercy
noun
The right and power of a sovereign, president, or other supreme authority to commute a death sentence, to change the mode of execution, or to pardon an offender.
（君主、总统等对犯人免除死刑、改变执行方式或赦免等的）特赦权，特免权
Example sentencesExamples
Yet the people, like all sovereigns, had the prerogative of mercy, and on the eighteenth a reprieve was proposed.
Neither he nor any previous president has exercised the prerogative of mercy.
This was particularly dangerous for Middleton because it challenged the royal prerogative of mercy.
The prerogative of mercy exists as a safety valve where the criminal trial and appeal system produces a result which the public interest cannot sustain.
The prerogative of mercy should be exercised by procedures which are fair and proper and… are subject to judicial review.