Definition of amendment. Meaning of amendment. Synonyms of amendment

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Definition of amendment

Amendment
Amendment A*mend"ment, n. [F. amendement, LL. amendamentum.] 1. An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices. 2. In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting. 3. (Law) Correction of an error in a writ or process. Syn: Improvement; reformation; emendation.

Meaning of amendment from wikipedia

- an amendment is a formal or official change made to a law , contract , constitution , or other legal document . it is based on the verb
- a constitutional amendment is a formal change to the text of the written constitution of a nation or state. the amendments change its effect.
- the first amendment (amendment i) to the united states constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of
- the first ten of amendments (along with two others that were not ratified at the time) were proposed by congress on september 25, 1789,
- the federal marriage amendment (fma) (also referred to by proponents as the marriage protection amendment) was a proposed amendment to the
- this is the complete list of the ratified and unratified amendments to the united states constitution which received the approval of the
- established racially segregated schools, finding such statutes to be incompatible with the fourteenth amendment to the united states constitution
- the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing 444 articles in 22 parts, 12 schedules and 118 amendments.
- there have been 98 amendments to the constitution of india since it was first enacted in 1950 , ! no. , amendments , enforced since ,
- the corwin amendment is a proposed amendment to the united states constitution passed by the 36th congress , 2nd session, on march 2,