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Emenda

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Amends.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Amends; something given in reparation for a trespass; or, in old Saxon times, in compensation for an injury or crime. Spelman.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

emendae, I. I. That for a loss or a trespass

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Emendae. L. Lat. [from Fr. amende, emende.] Amends; that which is given in reparation or satisfaction for a loss, or trespass committed; (quod in restaurationem damni tribuitur.) Spelman. Emendatio transgressionis. Bract. fol. 230.

In Saxon law. A pecuniary compensation for an injury or crime. Spelman.