AMENDMENT

amendment.  1.  A  formal  revision  or  addition  proposed  or  made  to  a  statute,  constitution, pleading,  order,  or  other  instrument; specif.,  a  change  made  by  addition,  deletion,  or  correction; esp.,  an  alteration  in  wording.  [Cases:  Constitutional  Law    4,  10;  Statutes    131.  C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 5–6; Statutes§ 243.] 2. The process of making such a revision.…

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AMENDER

amender,n. One who amends (a document, etc.). [Blacks Law 8th]

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AMENDE PROFITABLE

amende profitable (<<schwa>>-mend proh-fee-tahb-l<<schwa>>), n. Roman–Dutch law. In a defamation action, reparations made by a defendant who pays a sum that the plaintiff has named under oath as being less than full satisfaction for the claim. [Blacks Law 8th]

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AMENDE HONORABLE

amende    honorable    (<<schwa>>-mend    on-<<schwa>>-r<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>l    or a-mawnd  on-<<schwa>>-rah-b<<schwa>>l).  [French  “honorable  reparation”]  Hist.  A  formal reparation for an offense or injury, done by making an open and usu. humiliating acknowledgment and  apology  so  as  to  restore  the  victim’s  honor.  •  This  apology  could  be  accomplished,  for example,  by  walking  into  church  with  a  rope  around  the  neck …

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