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Amendment

Amendment Meaning & Definition
Amendment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Amendment?

[n] the act of amending
[n] a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Amendment:

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See Also | correction | Eighteenth Amendment | Fifth Amendment | First Amendment | Fourteenth Amendment | rectification | statement | Twentieth Amendment

Amendment In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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