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nounkind, forgiving, or compassionate treatment of or disposition toward others

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(134) The 2002 Leniency Notice allowed fines to be completely waived provided the following conditions are met at the time of the leniency request: the applicant (1) must provide all evidence in its possession immediately, (2) must ensure full cooperation throughout the investigation, (3) must cease its involvement in the cartel, (4) must not be a cartel instigator by having encouraged the participation of other undertakings in the collusive practice, and, (5) must be the first to provide evidence that would allow the European Commission to conduct a dawn raid or to find an infringement of Article 101(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
This is with reference to the report "No leniency for elderly violators of traffic rules" (Aug.
The message it sent out was one of naive leniency and the reaction of the offenders was deplorable.
Summary: The much-awaited security plan in the Bekaa Valley will be strictly implemented and authorities will show no leniency with anyone wanted for suspected criminal activity, Speaker Nabih Berri was quoted as saying Monday.
THE sentence handed down to the man responsible for the State's most lethal car crash is being appealed on grounds of leniency.
EOKA fighters have turned their backs on former Central Bank Governor Christodoulos Christodoulou, after he argued before court that he should receive leniency for a tax evasion, because -- among other things -- he was a member of EOKA.
Theophilus Freeman (Paul Giamatti) takes delivery of Solomon and ignores his pleas for leniency, snarling, "My sentimentality stretches the length of a coin".
The reaction of senior military figures and politicians to the request for leniency beggars belief.
(6) In addition to increasing access to the courts, this policy of pro se leniency has promoted the resolution of disputes on their merits, rather than on technical errors made by an unrepresented party.
He vehemently opposed Shahzad's plea for leniency and compared Shahzad's crime to those committed by Devenderpal Singh Bhullar and Ajmal Qasab.
Yes, the punishment handed down by the governing body clearly errs on the side of leniency.
Kuwait's ruler said on Tuesday there would be no leniency towards threats to "the security of the homeland", two days after police broke up an unauthorised protest against new voting rules.
Florian Miedel, Phillips' lawyer, asked for leniency and said it was unfair to treat the actions by the former contractor the same way as a person who was trying to send weapons or attack helicopters.
KingTuT The biggest dummies are the legal profession for their misplaced leniency.