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{{Short description|Formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document}} {{wiktionary|amendment}}An '''amendment''' is a formal or official change made to a [[law]], [[contract]], [[constitution]], or other [[legal instrument|legal document]]. It is based on the [[verb]] '''to amend''', which means to change for better. Amendments can add, remove, or update parts of these agreements. They are often used when it is better to change the document than to write a new one.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amendment|title=Definition of AMENDMENT|website=www.merriam-webster.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> Only the [[legislative]] branch is involved in the amendment process.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://quizlet.com/95304023/bill-of-rights-flash-cards/|title=Bill of Rights|website=Quizlet|access-date=February 13, 2021}}</ref> == Contracts == {{see also|Contract}} Contracts are often amended when the market changes. For example, a contract to deliver something to a customer once a month can be amended if the customer wants it delivered once a week. Usually Contracts also are categorized for their promotion in a nation, such as the [[Treaty of Versailles]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cftc.gov/IndustryOversight/RuleAmendments/enumeratedagcommodities |title=Rules & Rule Amendments - CFTC |access-date=2014-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205053411/http://www.cftc.gov/IndustryOversight/RuleAmendments/enumeratedagcommodities |archive-date=2014-12-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Law == === Legislation === {{Section-stub|date=June 2022}} {{See also|Amend (motion)}} In [[parliamentary procedure]], a [[Motion (parliamentary procedure)|motion]] is a proposal to do something. The wording of such a proposal can be changed with a motion to amend. Amendments can remove words, add words, or change words in motions. All [[main motion]]s and some [[secondary motions]] can be amended.<ref>{{cite book|title=Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised|last=Robert|first=Henry M.|publisher=Da Capo Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-306-82020-5|location=Philadelphia, PA|pages=132|edition=11th|display-authors=etal}}</ref> An amendment can [[Second-degree amendment|be amended]]. === Constitutions === {{main|Constitutional amendment}} Some of the most famous constitutional amendments are the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution]] which added the [[freedom of speech]], [[freedom of religion|religion]], [[freedom of the press|press]], and [[freedom of assembly|protest]], the [[Third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland]], which let [[Ireland]] join the [[European Union]], and the amendment of the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|German constitution]] as part of the [[German reunification]] process in 1990. Constitutional amendments in some countries{{mdash}}for example, [[Chapter VIII of the Constitution of Australia|Australia]]{{mdash}}must be approved by both the [[parliament]] or [[legislature]] and a national [[referendum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://constitution.findlaw.com/amendments.html|title=U.S. Constitutional Amendments - FindLaw|website=Findlaw|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.constitution.org/cons/germany.txt |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-11-30 |archive-date=2019-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221183033/https://www.constitution.org/cons/germany.txt |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==See also== *[[Friendly amendment]] *[[Non-textual amendment]] *[[Second-degree amendment]] *[[Substitute amendment]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Constitutions]] [[Category:Contract law]] [[Category:Legal documents]] [[Category:Parliamentary procedure]] [[Category:Statutory law]] {{constitutional-law-stub}}
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