emendatio

emendatio (ee-men-day-shee-oh), n. [Latin] Hist. The power of amending and correcting abuses, according to certain rules and measures. emendatio panis et cerevisiae (ee-men-day-shee-oh pan-is et ser-[schwa]-vizh-ee-ee). [Latin “the correction of bread and ale”] The power of supervising and correcting (assizing) the weights and measures of bread and ale.

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