Law Dictionary Definitions

amendment  of  indictment.The  alteration  of  the  charging  terms  of  an  indictment,  either literally or in effect, after the grand jury has made a decision on it. • The indictment usu. cannot be amended at trial in a way that would prejudice the defendant by having a trial on matters that were not contained in the…

amendment in excess of filing fee.See PATENT-APPLICATION AMENDMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

amendment by implication.A rule of construction that allows a person to interpret a repugnant provision in a statute as an implicit modification or abrogation of a provision that appears before it. • Amendments by implication are not favored. See United States v. Welden, 377 U.S. 95, 102 n.12, 84 S.Ct. 1082, 1087 n.12 (1964). [Blacks Law…

amendment  before  first  action.See  preliminary  amendment  under  PATENT-APPLICATION AMENDMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

amendment after payment of issue fee.See PATENT-APPLICATION AMENDMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

amendment after final action.See PATENT-APPLICATION AMENDMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

amendment after appeal.See PATENT-APPLICATION AMENDMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

amendment after allowance.See PATENT-APPLICATION AMENDMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

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.…

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