He was intrusted with the power of appointment to offices, with a suspensory veto, and with the royal prerogative of Reprieving or pardoning criminals.
"The Critical Period of American History"
John Fiske
The turn is abrupt, for no character could have been more alien to the Greek notions of heroism than that of the love-sick knight who joyfully throws away his life for an hour in his lady's chamber, tears up the warrant Reprieving him from execution, and accepts death to save Queen Mary's fragile reputation.
"Studies in Literature and History"
Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall
What powerful influence induced the Prefect to risk the odium of Reprieving a prisoner whose guilt was so satisfactorily ascertained as that of Ulpius never was disclosed.
"Antonina"
Wilkie Collins