Word Finder - amendments

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An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

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In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.

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Correction of an error in a writ or process.

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An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.

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The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

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That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.

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a soil amendment

Five amendments were ratified in 1889 and four in 1902.

Amendments, however, may be and have been carried against the government.

Fifteen amendments have thus been added to the constitution of 1842.

Various other amendments have been proposed from time to time, but have been defeated at the polls.

For sixty years there was no change whatever, and only three amendments, those of 1852 (removing the property qualifications of representatives, senators and the governor), were adopted until 1877, when twelve amendments were adopted, - the most important being those providing for biennial (instead of annual) state elections in November (instead of March), and those doing away with the previous requirement that representatives, senators and the governor " be of the Protestant religion."

The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Fedc al Constitution were ratified in 1870, and the state was formally readmitted into the Union on the 23rd of February of that year.

Amendments to the constitution may be made by a three-fifths vote of each house of the legislature, ratified by a majority vote of the people.

In 1901 the legislature ratified the three amendments rejected in former years.

The constitution as adopted limited the suffrage to adult white males, but this provision was annulled by the fifteenth amendment to the Federal constitution; and in 1880 amendments to the state constitution were adopted striking out the word " white " from the suffrage clause and adding a new article granting rights of suffrage and office holding without regard to race, colour or previous condition of servitude.

Amongst its chief recommendations were those relating to amendments in the Agricultural Holdings Acts, and to tithe rentcharge, railway rates, damage by game, sale of adulterated products, and sale of imported goods (meat, for example) as home produce.

Every tenth year, beginning in 1880, the Senate is authorized to propose amendments, which proposals, if concurred in by the majority of the members of the House of Representatives, are published in the principal newspapers of the state.

In 1866, 1867 and 1869, respectively, the legislature refused to ratify the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Federal constitution.

Scarcely had these amendments been carried when the serious financial straits brought on by debt incurred through the state's promotion of internal improvements gave rise to the demand for a reduction of governmental expenses and a limitation of the power of the General Assembly to contract debts.

By the state constitution of 1898 and by amendments of 1902 and 1904 tax exemptions for ten years were granted to newly-built railroads completed before 1909.

In 1779 he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of Massachusetts that was adopted in 1780, and is still, with some amendments, the organic law of the commonwealth and one of the oldest fundamental laws in existence.

The state is governed under its original constitution of 1889, with amendments of 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1904 and 1909.

The amendments in the law as to municipal elections are generally similar to those which have been made in parliamentary election law.

If you wish to add soil amendments, you can till them into the soil at the same time.

In 2006, the U.S. government enacted amendments to Older Americans Act, originally established in 1965 to promote independence and dignity to an aging population.

Declarations of war and amendments to the constitution require a vote in their favour of three-fifths of all members of both Houses.

Some states have recently allowed a prescribed number of voters to propose, by what is called the Initiative, amendments which are submitted to the vote of all the citizens without the intervention of the legislature.

If the Senate is controlled by the same party as the House, it is likely to secure the acceptance of many of its amendments.

For but a small proportion of scholars' corrections are really amendments, and a far smaller proportion of scribes'.

All amendments to the constitution must be approved by a three-fifths vote of each house of the legislature and then ratified by the people.

In addition, the citizen is often called upon to vote yea or nay on questions such as amendments to the state constitutions, granting of licences, and approval or disapproval of new municipal undertakings.

Pennsylvania has been governed under constitutions of 1776, 1790 and 1838; the present government is under the constitution of the 16th of December 1873 with amendments adopted on the 5th of November 1901.

The provision last mentioned was nullified by the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution of the United States.

They only, and the government, have the right of initiating business, and of proposing amendments.

The bill, with certain drastic amendments limiting its scope, passed the House on the 8th of April by a majority of 200 to 179.

Legislation, therefore, has generally taken the form of a series of elaborate codes, each of which aims at scientific completeness, and further alterations have been made by amendments in the origipal code.

These Clerical amendments aroused a strong feeling of indignation.

To this relatively conservative bill, which substituted in many instances ad valorem for specific duties, and was intended by its author to be a revenue as well as a protective measure, were added many amendments which made the bill more strongly protectionist, and in some cases were vigorously opposed by Morrill.

Amendments are adopted after approval by a majority vote of the lower house of the general assembly, a two-thirds majority of both houses of the next general assembly, and ratification by the townships.

The Chairman said that draft B also contained amendments suggested by the Home Office's Freedom of Information Unit.

Any repro work, setting or amendments will carry an additional charge of £ 40.

By tabling the amendments, we sought to achieve greater clarity in the Bill.

The Chairman said that draft B also contained amendments suggested by the Home Office 's Freedom of Information Unit.

However, I do not want to burden the Committee with a tedious repetition of the general points that arise under both amendments.

The 42nd set of CPR amendments includes (from today) the new provisions designed to prevent the creation of more tolerated trespassers.

The new byelaws revoke and replace with amendments previous byelaws made by the Verderers and the order revokes the orders confirming the revoked byelaws.

But the wrecking amendments had been drafted by the government - not the industry.

Where authorized, amendments were largely made to those parts of the programs characterizing later forms of xenograft rejection and its management.

The organization decided to retract its policy amendments because of major pushback from its members.

Keep abreast of any changes or amendments to these acts by periodically visiting the U.S. Federal Trade Commission website.

Then you add soil amendments to the fluffy soil in order to raise the level of the garden even higher above the surrounding ground.

What amendments will I need to add to the soil?

If you can, add compost or other amendments to the soil to add nutrients to it.

If your soil is clay or has poor drainage, add compost and other amendments to improve drainage.

Instead of rototilling or hand tilling the soil, adding compost, fertilizer, lime or other amendments, raised bed gardens can be filled with bagged soil from the garden center and bagged or home-made compost or mushroom compost.

Once you've planned and built your garden, you can add compost, manure and other amendments to make the soil rich and fertile.