Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Serving or tending to amend; corrective.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Supplying or containing amendment; corrective.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective For the purpose of
amending orcorrection .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective effecting amendment
Etymologies
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Examples
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Quinn has repeatedly pointed out to reporters that he has the power to strengthen the bill by rewriting it -- a so-called amendatory veto.
chicagotribune.com - 2009
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The senators would then vote only on the amendatory bill.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional” 2010
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Given the legislative vacuum until the next general elections, the Assembly may expand its mission and act as a regular parliament -- discussing and approving the budget of 2012, revising past laws and passing new laws, much in the way Israel's first Knesset conducted itself in administering both original and amendatory legislation of residual laws during the British Mandatory period.
Daniel Wagner: Tunisia's Constitutional Challenge Daniel Wagner 2012
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The senators would then vote only on the amendatory bill.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional” 2010
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We initially note that “a presumption normally arises that a change in law was intended when new provisions are added to prior legislation by an amendatory act” or “existing rights” are “withdraw [n] ... [from an] act.”
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The senators would then vote only on the amendatory bill.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional” 2010
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The senators would then vote only on the amendatory bill.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional” 2010
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The senators would then vote only on the amendatory bill.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional” 2010
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The senators would then vote only on the amendatory bill.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional” 2010
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And Dan Brady in the House said in an interview, "My hope is that the governor may amendatory-veto it, and allow us to make some adjustments."
Illinois Lawmakers Reconsider Foreclosures Bill That Would Keep Counties From Collecting Fees 2010
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