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n.A change in the language of a contract that affects the rights defined by the contract.
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material alteration — n: an alteration made to an instrument that adds or deletes any provision or changes the rights and obligations of any party under it Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. material alteration … Law dictionary
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alteration — Variation; changing; making different. A change of a thing from one form or state to another; making a thing different from what it was without destroying its identity. See alter. An act done upon an instrument by which its meaning or language is … Black's law dictionary
alteration — Variation; changing; making different. A change of a thing from one form or state to another; making a thing different from what it was without destroying its identity. See alter. An act done upon an instrument by which its meaning or language is … Black's law dictionary
material alteration — noun (law) A deliberate alteration (of date, amount, etc) to a bill of exchange, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑material … Useful english dictionary
material — Important; more or less necessary; having influence or effect; going to the merits; having to do with matter, as distinguished from form. Representation relating to matter which is so substantial and important as to influence party to whom made… … Black's law dictionary
material — Important; more or less necessary; having influence or effect; going to the merits; having to do with matter, as distinguished from form. Representation relating to matter which is so substantial and important as to influence party to whom made… … Black's law dictionary
material alteration — A change in the terms of a written instrument which gives it a legal effect different from that which it originally had. Barton Sav. Bank & Trust Co. v Stephenson, 87 Vt 433, 89 A 639. An intentional act performed upon an instrument after it has… … Ballentine's law dictionary
material change — An expression which, in reference to a building or construction contract, is so well understood that to attempt to define it in instructing the jury is more likely to confuse than to aid the jury. Nance v Patterson Bldg. Co. 140 Ky 564, 131 SW… … Ballentine's law dictionary
