A superior court of record may amend the wording of its published reasons for judgment after the judgment has been entered, provided the amendments do not change the substance of the reasons and are made within a period that is not unduly long. The power to alter reasons is at least as wide as the power to alter the judgment itself. Corrections of slips and clarifications of ambiguous expressions are permissible; rewriting reasons to give different reasons for the decision is not.
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