amendatory

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

/ əˈmɛn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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adjective

serving to amend; corrective.

Nearby words

amen corner, amen glass, amen-ra, amenable, amend, amendatory, amende honorable, amending formula, amendment, amends, amenhotep iii

Origin of amendatory

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

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Examples from the Web for amendatory

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
If he does not, or if Congress refuses to pass the amendatory law, it will serve as eye-water for their constituents.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson
On the ninth of June the amendatory bill was taken up by the House and passed.
History of the Constitutions of Iowa|Benjamin F. Shambaugh
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

A proposition was made to them, to authorize Congress to open parials, and an amendatory one, to empower them to incorporate.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson

British Dictionary definitions for amendatory

amendatory

/ (əˈmɛndətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

US serving to amend; corrective

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