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.
foment (third-person singular simple present foments, present participle fomenting, simple past and past participle fomented) 1  To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate. ( 2 medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.