This is in a passage discussing the prerrogatives of the absolutist monarch in the thinking of French philosopher Jean Bodin. In the context, I think it means "grant pardon," but I'd appreciate your input.
Prerrogativas de la soberanía son el poder dictar leyes sin necesidad de ningún consentimiento ajeno; declarar la guerra y la paz; instituir los principales funcionarios del Estado; juzgar en calidad de corte inapelable; ***conceder gracias***; acuñar moneda e imponer impuestos.
شرح: Las 'gracias' reales no sólo se refieren al indulto/perdón sino que también incluye, por ejemplo, la cesión de terrenos, la fundación de ciudades, etc. Se consideraba (hasta la Edad Media) al rey como representante elegido de Dios en la Tierra y, por ende, bendecido con Su 'gracia'.
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But, after the impeachment has been solemnly heard and determined, it is not understood that the king's royal grace is farther restrained or abridged: for, ...
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Bodin, in the sixteenth century, for this very reason, advocates the ...... debt till the sixteenth year, when the arrears were wiped out by royal grace. ...
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