amendatory

[ uh-men-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

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adjective

serving to amend; corrective.

Origin of amendatory

1780–90, Americanism;<Late Latin ēmendātōrius (with a- for e- from amend). See emendator, -tory¹

Words Nearby amendatory

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How to use amendatory in a sentence

I presume this is an omission by mere oversight, and I recommend that it be supplied by an amendatory or Supplemental Act.
The Great Conspiracy, Part 4 | John Alexander Logan
Subsequently, in order to meet the President's views, such an amendatory or Supplemental Act was passed and approved.
The Great Conspiracy, Part 4 | John Alexander Logan
I presume this is an omission by mere oversight, and I recommend that it be supplied by an amendatory or supplemental act.
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Five | Abraham Lincoln
In 1893 an amendatory act gave the same effect to copies deposited "on or before publication."
Copyright: Its History and Its Law | Richard Rogers Bowker
Randolph was so dissatisfied that he had a committee appointed the next day, and introduced an amendatory bill.
The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America | W. E. B. Du Bois

British Dictionary definitions for amendatory

amendatory

/ (əˈmɛndətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

US serving to amend; corrective

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