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house of correction

house of correction :an institution where persons who have committed minor offenses and who are considered capable of reformation are...

Clerical error, an error in a document which can only be explained by considering it to be a slip or...

cure cured cur·ing vt : to deal with in a way that eliminates or corrects: as a : to use...

Amendment, a correction of any errors in the writ or pleadings in actions, suits, or prosecutions. The power of allowing...

Rectification, implies the correctness of an error or removal of defects or imperfections. It implies prior existence of error, mistake,...

Misadventure, excusable homicide by, also termed homicide per infortunium; it arises where a man, doing a lawful act, without any...

Pandect', or Digesta. In the last month of the year AD 530, Justinian, by a constitution addressed to Tribonian, empowered...

Vagrants, sturdy beggars; vagabonds. The Act which is now in force, embodying, mitigating, and extending numerous former provisions, is the...

Emendatio, the power of amending and correcting abuses, according to stated rules and measures. Correction or revision esp. of text,...

agency pl: -cies 1 : the person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved [death...