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amend·ment n1: an act of amending; esp: an alteration in wordingamendment s to cure the defect in the pleading2: an alteration proposed or put into effect by legislative or constitutional procedurethe Congress...shall propose amendment s to this Constitution — U.S. Constitution art. V
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(correction) noun
adjustment, amelioration, betterment, change, correctio, elaboration, emendatio, emendation, enhancement, improvement, melioration, modification, perfection, refinement, reformation, remedy, revampment, revisal, revision, supplement
associated concepts: amendment in a statute, amendment to a will
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(legislation) noun
act, bill, clause, legislation, legislative act, legislative bill, measure, modification of the law, rider, supplement
associated concepts: amendment to a charter, amendment to the Constitution, Bill of Rights
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index
correction (change), reform, rider
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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the alteration of a writ, pleading, indictment or other document for the purpose of correcting some error or defect in the original or to raise some new matter, claim or allegation.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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n.1 The addition, deletion, correction, or other changes proposed or made to a document. The term is usually capitalized when referring to an amendment in the United States Constitution (for example, the Fifth Amendment).2 The act or process or revising something.See also emendation.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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The modification of materials by the addition of supplemental information; the deletion of unnecessary, undesirable, or outdated information; or the correction of errors existing in the text.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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The modification of materials by the addition of supplemental information; the deletion of unnecessary, undesirable, or outdated information; or the correction of errors existing in the text.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
