n. the act of reducing a criminal sentence resulting from a crimi...

  Stipulation adopted by both the Union and Confederate governments which allowed certain draftees to pay a fee in order to avoid military service.  Because the fee was higher than the average worker's annual salary, this provision angered less-wealthy citizens on both sides of the war.

Usually refers to the cancellation or dissolution of a reinsurance contract in which there are profits or losses to be allocated.

mid-15c., from Old French commutacion "change, transformation, exchange, barter" (13c., Modern French commutation), from Latin commutationem (nominative commutatio) "a change, alteratio [..]

Reducing a sentence resulting from a criminal conviction, which can be done by the governor of a state (state convictions) or the president of the United States (federal convictions). A commutation is [..]

Change-over switching in a periodic and automatic manner without interruption of the electric current.

(DC Motors):

The process by which forward current is interrupted or transferred from one switching device to the other. In most circuits where power is supplied from an AC source, turn-on control is adequate and t [..]

The giving up of part or the entire pension that would be paid at retirement in exchange for a lump sum. Applied to any exchange of a series of payments to which someone is entitled for [..]

Process of converting part or all of a pension or annuity into a lump sum.

Commutation in criminal law refers to a reduction or lessening of a sentence or punishment by the executive head of the government, such as a governor of a state. It is distinguished from a pardon in [..]

(n) the travel of a commuter(n) a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one(n) (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law(n) the act of putting one thing or person [..]

Form of clemency reducing one's sentence, as from death to life imprisonment.

Change-over switching in a periodic and automatic manner without interruption of the electric current.

The reduction of a sentence, as from death to life imprisonment.

The act of maintaining the correct torque angle on a motor. In brushed motors the commutation is achieved inside the motor via the commutator and brushes. In brushless motors the commutation is achiev [..]

Process of converting part or all of a pension or annuity into a lump sum.

An order by a workers' compensation judge for a lump sum payment of part or all of your permanent disability award.

The exchange of one thing for another. In insurance it is usually the exchange of installment benefits for a lump sum.

The reduction of a sentence, as from death to life imprisonment.

The change of a punishment from a greater degree to a lesser degree, as from death to life imprisonment. In Utah this may be done by the Board of Pardons.

The act of reducing a criminal sentence by substituting a less severe punishment than that imposed by the court at sentencing. The authority to commute a sentence is granted to the chief executive of a government, generally the governor of a state or, in a case involving a federal crime, the President of the United States.

The reduction of a sentence, as from death to life imprisonment.

A method by means of which the transmissions from a number of stations of a radionavigation system are time shared on the same frequency.

The act of a commutator in converting generator output from an ac voltage to a dc voltage. Sequential sampling on a repetitive basis, of multiple data sources.

(obsolete) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation. (obsolete) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange. (formal,_|or|_|archaic) Substitution of one th [..]

A legal action provided for in the Indian Act between 1876 and 1951. An Indian woman who married a non-Indian, and so lost her INDIAN STATUS could “wind up” her financial connection with the band by “taking commutation”. That is, she received a lump sum payment covering ten years’ worth of (a) treaty annuities and (b) any other regular cash payment [..]