Social Sciences and the Law

What is an amendment?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/amendment-79469.html" >What is an amendment?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

... amendment in law, alteration of the provisions of a legal document. The term usually refers to the alteration of a statute or a constitution , but it is also applied in parliamentary law to proposed changes to a bill or motion under consideration, and in judicial procedure to the correction of errors.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about amendment . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: What does amendment mean? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

Amendment 1 puts some Colorado issuers' status in doubt.
Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer ...status under the state's debt-limiting Amendment 1 despite a court ruling in May that...the three-year-old constitutional amendment said last week they expect more litigation...issue is whether an issuer falls under Amendment 1, which would subject it to two votes...
AMENDMENT OPPOSITION RESURFACES : RUBIN ASSAILS PLAN FOR BALANCED BUDGET.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) ...open the door a bit to a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget...actively oppose'' the adoption of any such amendment. In an interview, Rubin dismissed a...that Clinton held out Tuesday: that the amendment could be written with an escape hatch...
AMENDMENT REVIVAL RE-INTRODUCTION OF GAY MARRIAGE BAN IN WORKS, ALLARD...
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) ...with a constitutional amendment barring gay marriage...voted against the federal amendment. "That filibuster contributed...approved state constitutional amendments against gay marriage. Passage of a federal amendment isn't guaranteed, said...
Marriage amendments all expected to pass; May be factor in presidential...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times ...constitutional amendment defining the...institution. The amendments in Michigan...constitution, amendment supporters...considering marriage amendments, eight...for both the amendments and Mr. Kerry...that [the amendment] will help...
Anticipated amendments. (to House defense authorization bill)
Newspaper article from: Defense Daily ANTICIPATED AMENDMENTS STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE...Dornan will offer an amendment to increase SDI funding...and Bozer will offer an amendment to terminate the SDI program...agencies. Under this amendment the SDI Organization would...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.