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Act of indemnity

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a statute passed for the protection of those who have committed some illegal act subjecting them to penalties.
(Law) an act or law passed in order to relieve persons, especially in an official station, from some penalty to which they are liable in consequence of acting illegally, or, in case of ministers, in consequence of exceeding the limits of their strict constitutional powers. These acts also sometimes provide compensation for losses or damage, either incurred in the service of the government, or resulting from some public measure.

See also: Act Indemnity



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Following the death of Cromwell in 1658 (behind whose coffin walked blind Milton, young Dryden and Andrew Marvell) his books were ordered to be burnt by the Act of Indemnity in 1660.
Eden Renewed: The Public and Private Life of John Milton by Wong, Nicholas / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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