What is the meaning of the word "eligible for remission"?

These dictionary definitions are consistent with prior judicial interpretation of the concept of eligibility. Horridge J. stated the following, in Morriss v. Winter, [1930] 1K.B. 243: I think the question is a difficult one, but I have come to the conclusion that if it was intended to confer a legal right on prisoners clearer and stronger words than “eligible for remission” would have been used. The statute itself only enacts that rules may be made, and rr. 36 and 37 (A) do not say, as they might have done, that the prisoners shall be entitled to a remission.