Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Emendatio

n. [Latin] Hist. The power of amending and correcting abuses, according to certain rules and measures.

emenda

n. pl. [Latin "amends Things given in reparation for a trespass.

emendatio panis et cerevisiae

[Latin "the correction of bread and ale"] The power of supervising and correcting (assizing) the weights and measures of bread and ale.

emendation

1. Correction or revision, esp. of a text. 2. Hist. The correction of an error or wrongdoing; atonement for a criminal offense. ( As criminal law developed over time, emendation by payment of wer or wite gradually faded away and was replaced by harsher punishments.