Ambiids

Reparation; compensation f o wrong done; satisfaction. By 84 Geo. H (1751), c. 24, re-enacted in severs States, a tender of amends to the party injured by mistake made by a magistrate, acting as such, is a ba to a contemplated action.* Any sum may be tendered, because, in torts, th standard of damages is uncertain and the party is a likely to recover at trial less than more than the sui tendered. 5 In some States a like tender may be made by a mil ister or a magistrate who marries a minor without th consent of the parent or guardian; also, forinvolui tary trespasses committed by constables, revenu officers, and perhaps some other ministerial ofiacers. See Compensation, 2-4; Distress; Tender, 2. did not need a BiU of Bights— the Government bein " limited," having only such powers as were speciall granted to it — " satisfied not one State." 2 Bancrof Const. 241-42, et seq. ' Legal Tender Cases, 12 Wall. 535 (1870), Strong,; s United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U. S. 528 (1875 Twitchell v. Pennsylvania, 7 Wall. 325-37 (1868), casei s Kring v. Missouri, 107 U. S. 286 (1882), Miller, J. Se also Spies v. Illinois (Anarchists' Case), 123 id. IE (1887), cases; 8 Saw. 262. ' ■> 3 Bl. Com. 16.