Amends
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A satisfaction given by a wrongdoer to the party injured for a wrong committed.
1 Lilly, Reg. 81. By St. 24 Geo. II. c.
44, in England, and by similar statutes in some of the United States, justices of the peace, upon being notified of an intended suit against them, may tender amends for the wrong alleged or done by them in their ofl[icial character, and, if found sufficient, the tender debars the action. 5 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 209, 517; 4 Bin. (Pa.) 20; 6 Bin. (Pa.) 83,