AMPLIATION, civil law. A deferring of judgment until the cause is furtherexamined. In this case, the judges pronounced the word amplius, or bywriting the letters N.L. for non liquet, signifying that the cause was notclear. In practice, it is usual in the courts when time is taken to form ajudgment, to enter a curia advisare vult; cur. adv. vult. (q.v.)

AMPLIATION, French law. Signifies the giving a duplicate of an acquittanceor other instrument, in order that it may be produced in different places.The copies which notaries make out of acts passed before them, and which aredelivered to the parties, are also called ampliations. Dict. de Jur. h.t.