not knowing what bed or bread did mean. The winter of 1635/6 was cold even by New England standards. That winter, Narragansett Bay froze over, an event that rarely happens. In this extreme cold, Roger Williams, a city boy from London, made his escape on foot from Salem.
Discretion is defined as the right of someone to make choices or the quality of someone who is careful about what they do or say. 1  An example of discretion is the ability of a juror to determine a verdict. 2  An example of discretion is not talking about politics at family dinners.
In the legal system, discretion is often defined as the ability to choose where, how and with what severity to act. A person chooses to utilize his or her options and decides which to use, whether this is arresting a person on the street (criminal) or evicting someone from an apartment (civil) or anywhere in between.