Definitions for: 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.)

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: correction, Eighteenth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, rectification, statement, Twentieth Amendment

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