Meaning & use
Ampliation
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The act of enlarging or amplifying something; in historical civil law, a postponement of a legal decision to allow for further consideration of evidence.
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The report called for the ampliation of the original treaty to cover new trade routes.
Under Roman law, an ampliation could be ordered when a jury felt it lacked sufficient evidence to render a verdict.
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"Ampliation" is now largely archaic in everyday English, surviving mainly in historical and legal writing, particularly in discussions of Roman and civil law procedure.
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