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To improve; to make better by change or modification. See Alter. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition To alter or change, such as a pleading, a contract, a motion. … [Read more...] about AMEND

Legal maxim and Latin for an ambiguity is most strongly construed against the party using it. Also see contra preferendum where a court will hold in favor of the understanding of a party who did not create a contract clause and against a drafter in its interpretation. This is done since the party that drafted the clause had the power to make the clause clear as to its meaning … [Read more...] about AMBIGUITAS CONTRA STIPULATOREM EST

In old English law. A penalty imposed upon a person by way of disgrace or infamy, as a punishment for any offense, or for the purpose of making reparation for any injury done to another, as the walking into church in a white sheet, with a rope about the neck and a torch in the hand, and begging the pardon of God, or the king, or any private individual, for some delinquency. … [Read more...] about AMENDE HONORABLE

Legal maxim and Latin for A hidden ambiguity of the words may be interpreted by evidence; for an ambiguity which arises from an extrinsic fact may be removed by proof of such fact. If words in a document are unclear, evidence to explain the meaning or interpretation or intent may be heard. If the evidence is useful, then the ambguity and lack of clarity of the meaning of those … [Read more...] about Ambiguitas verborum latens verificatione suppletur; nam quod ex facto oritur ambiguum verificatione facti tollitur

A complaint by a plaintiff or petitioner is altered, which may be as a result of correcting erroneous assumptions, typographical errors, discovery of new facts or parties. Amendment may require the permission of the court. … [Read more...] about AMENDED COMPLAINT