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Definition of Amende honorable

Amende honorable
Amende A`mende", n. [F. See Amend.] A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation. Amende honorable. (Old French Law) A species of infamous punishment in which the offender, being led into court with a rope about his neck, and a lighted torch in his hand, begged pardon of his God, the court, etc. In popular language, the phrase now denotes a public apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party, for improper language or treatment.

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- Amende honorable was originally a mode of punishment in France which required the offender, barefoot and stripped to his shirt, and led into a church or...
- to court to hear their sentence. All sentences more severe than an amende honorable could be appealed to the Sovereign Council of New France before seven...
- they stopped at Notre Dame so that the Marquise could perform the amende honorable inside the packed Cathedral. When they finally reached the Place de...
- Catholic faith". The punishment ****ociated with 142 cases was amende honorable meaning an "honorable penalty". The "penalties" in these cases were fairly mild...
- which, we have condemned and do condemn the said Grandier to make amende honorable, his head bare, a rope round his neck, holding in his hand a burning...
- but failed. He managed to escape on 3 February to Alençon, and made amende honorable on 12 March. Royal troops placed around Évreux prevented him from joining...
- and on the way to the gallows were stopped at churches to make an amende honorable, a ceremonial plea for forgiveness. The executions themselves were...
- (mens rea) to be charged with an § infraction. alinéa paragraph amende fine amende honorable public confession, apology ancien droit pre-revolutionary law;...
- the streets of Montreal and, after the stop at the church for her amende honorable mounted a scaffold facing the ruins of the buildings destro**** by the...
- the streets of Montreal and, after the stop at the church for her amende honorable, made to climb a scaffold facing the ruins of the buildings destro****...