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amendment

[ uh-mend-muhnt ]

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noun

the act of amending or the state of being amended.
an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc.
a change made by correction, addition, or deletion:
The editors made few amendments to the manuscript.
Horticulture. a soil-conditioning substance that promotes plant growth indirectly by improving such soil qualities as porosity, moisture retention, and pH balance.

amendment

/ əˈmɛndmənt /

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English word from Old French word amendement. See amend, -ment

Open-carry activists are known for baiting cops into on-camera arguments about the Second Amendment and state laws.

They would not, for example, supersede federal law regarding the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment.

Either we believe the First Amendment is worth defending or we do not.

They then would expect the Senate to strip that amendment and compromise simply on keeping government open for 60 days.

Why are “threats,” unlike other scary speech, outside the protection of the First Amendment?

Consequently an amendment may be made diminishing the weekly allowance to a member who is sick, and also the time of allowing it.

By the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution their rights and privileges have been further secured.

A partial amendment has taken place, and still greater improvements are about to be made.

One of the first effects of this amendment in Virginia was a legislative enactment requiring all women to pay the poll tax.

(i) The gazetting of the outstanding regulations empowered by the 1934 and 1953 Amendment Acts.

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