ampliation

In Norman law, an "ampliation" was a postponement of a sentence in order to obtain further evidence.

October: Modernization and ampliation of the Cartagena's refinery finishes.

Peter of Spain says "Ampliation is the extension of a common term from a lesser supposition to a greater one."

Thus, ampliation becomes the medieval theory for explaining modal and tense logics within the theory of supposition.

By the 14th century it seems to have drifted into at least two fairly distinct theories, the theory of "supposition proper" which included an "ampliation" and is much like a theory of reference, and the theory of "modes of supposition" whose intended function is not clear.