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AMENDE HONORABLE, English law (law)


AMENDE HONORABLE, English law. A penalty imposed upon a person by way ofdisgrace or infamy, as a punishment for any offence, or for the purpose ofdisgrace or infamy, as a punishment for any offence, or for the purpose ofmaking reparation for any injury done to another, as the walking into churchmaking reparation for any injury done to another, as the walking into churchin a white sheet, with a rope about the neck, and a torch in the hand, andin a white sheet, with a rope about the neck, and a torch in the hand, andbegging the pardon of God, or the king, or any private individual, for somebegging the pardon of God, or the king, or any private individual, for somedelinquency.delinquency. 2. A punishment somewhat similar to this, and which bore the same 2. A punishment somewhat similar to this, and which bore the samename, was common in France; it was abolished by the law of the 25th ofname, was common in France; it was abolished by the law of the 25th ofSeptember, 1791. Merlin Rep. de Jur. h.' t.September, 1791. Merlin Rep. de Jur. h.' t. 3. For the form of a sentence of amende horrorable, see D' Agaesseau, 3. For the form of a sentence of amende horrorable, see D' Agaesseau,Oeuvres, 43 Plaidoyer, tom. 4, p. 246.Oeuvres, 43 Plaidoyer, tom. 4, p. 246.