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Boot

Remedy relief amends reparation hence one who brings relief

Mends

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Emendable

Corrigible amendable

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Reformed

Corrected amended restored to purity or excellence said specifically of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation

Compensation

v. Balbir Singh, (2004) 5 SCC 65 (75): AIR 2004 SC 2141. --Making things equivalent, satisfying or making amends, a reward for the apprehension of criminals; also that equivalent in money which is paid to the owners

Text

Text, the word 'text', in its dictionary meaning, means 'subject or theme'. When an enactment amends the text of another, it amends the subject or theme of it, though sometimes it may expunge unnecessary

Reparation

Reparation, is taken to mean the making of amends by an offender to his victim, or to victims of crime generally, and may take the form of

Public Authorities, Protection of

short limit of time, by enabling defendants to plead the general issue (see GENERAL ISSUE) and to tender amends and by enacting that the plaintiff if unsuccessful should pay double or treble costs. These varying enactments were

Payment of Money into Court

arrest or prosecution or seduction) might pay into Court a sum of money by way of compensation or amends, and by the Libel Act, 1843, money might be paid into Court in actions of libel, but this

Detainer

lawful. As if I distrain another's cattle, damage feasant, and before they are impounded he tenders me sufficient amends; now, though the original taking was lawful, my subsequent detention of them, after tender of amends, is not

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