A sedimentary rock formed on land has a continental sedimentary environment. Examples of continental environments are lagoons, lakes, swamps, floodplains and alluvial fans. In the quiet water of swamps, lakes and lagoons, fine sediment is deposited, mingled with organic material from dead plants and animals.
Related to executive clemency: amnesty. n. the power of a President in federal criminal cases, and the Governor in state convictions, to pardon a person convicted of a crime, commute the sentence (shorten it, often to time already served), or reduce it from death to another lesser sentence.
Noun. 1. cloture-a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body. gag law, gag rule, closure. parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order, order-a body of rules followed by an assembly.closure by compartment, guillotine-closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill.. a closing of debate in a legislative body in order to bring the question to a vote. 2. to close (a debate) by cloture. cloture, ClÃ´ture Middle french *closture, clÅstÅ«ra. alter Of latin, clÅstra, claustra. pl of claustrum]. barrier