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.
Definition. An 1819 Supreme Court decision that established the supremecy of the national govenremnt over state governemnts. IN deciding this case, Chief Justice John Marhall and his colleagues held that Congres had certain implied powers in addition to the enumerated powers found in the Constitution. Term.