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Meaning of Amende honorable
In English Law. A penalty imposed upon a person by way of disgrace or infa,my, as a punishment for aiiy oflfense, 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. In French Law. A punishment somewhat similar to this, and which bore the same name, was common in France. It was abolished by the law of the 25th of September, 1791. Merlin, Repert.
What does Amende honorable mean in American Law?
The definition of Amende honorable in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
In old law, a dramatized apology for past wrongdoing, part symbolic acceptance of guilt, part punishment, part expiation, usually ordered but sometimes self-imposed. When Henry II of England walked in penance and allowed himself to be whipped after the murder by some of his knights of Thomas i Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, that was “amende honorable.”
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Concept of “Amende Honorable”
Traditional meaning of amende honorable in the French law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in French) A punishment by disgrace, infamy, or the doing an humble act. A satisfactory apology.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Amende Honorable”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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Meaning of Amende Honorable
In this law dictionary, the legal term amende honorable is a kind of the Legal History class.
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