Ampliation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ampliation \Am`pli*a"tion\, n. [L. ampliatio: cf. F.
     ampliation.]
     1. Enlargement; amplification. [R.]
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     2. (Civil Law) A postponement of the decision of a cause, for


        further consideration or re-argument.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  AMPLIATION, civil law. A deferring of judgment until the cause is further
  examined. In this case, the judges pronounced the word amplius, or by
  writing the letters N.L. for non liquet, signifying that the cause was not
  clear. In practice, it is usual in the courts when time is taken to form a
  judgment, to enter a curia advisare vult; cur. adv. vult. (q.v.)
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  AMPLIATION, French law. Signifies the giving a duplicate of an acquittance
  or 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 are
  delivered to the parties, are also called ampliations. Dict. de Jur. h.t.