penitent
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From 23 U.S. 367 - De Wolf v. Johnson · 1825Most cited · 142 citing opinions
Courts of justice will not shut the door in the face of the penitent; and hence it has been decided... that although a contract be in its inception usurious, a subsequent agreement to free it from the illegal incident shall make it good.