amendment to a bill

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• amendment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ important, major, significant ▪ A major amendment was introduced into the legislation. ▪ minor, slight, small ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• amendment */*/ — UK [əˈmen(d)mənt] / US [əˈmendmənt] noun Word forms amendment : singular amendment plural amendments 1) [countable] a change made to a law or agreement amendment to: an amendment to the Local Government Bill propose/table/introduce an amendment:… …   English dictionary

• amendment — a|mend|ment [ ə mendmənt ] noun ** 1. ) count a change made to a law or agreement: amendment to: an amendment to the Medicare bill table an amendment: The House has tabled an amendment to the bill (=has stopped working on it). a ) count one of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• amendment — amend·ment n 1: an act of amending; esp: an alteration in wording amendment s to cure the defect in the pleading 2: an alteration proposed or put into effect by legislative or constitutional procedure the Congress...shall propose amendment s to… …   Law dictionary

• Bill of Rights — / rīts/ often cap B&R: a summary of fundamental rights and privileges guaranteed to a people against violation by the government; esp, cap B&R: the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution see also the constitution in the back matter Merriam… …   Law dictionary

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• bill — n 1: a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment; also: the law itself the GI bill ap·pro·pri·a·tions bill /ə ˌprō prē ā shənz /: a bill providing money for government expenses and programs ◇ Appropriations bills originate in the… …   Law dictionary

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• Bill S.978 — or the Commercial Felony Streaming Act is a bill that is pending introduction to the United States Senate floor. It was proposed by Amy Klobuchar, Chris Coons, and John Cornyn on May 12, 2011.[1] It is an amendment to USC 2319, Title 18, that… …   Wikipedia

• Amendment — may refer to:*A change made to a pending motion or bill by a motion to amend *A change made to a previously adopted law or motion *A change made to a contract *Constitutional amendment, a change made to a written constitution *Soil conditioner,… …   Wikipedia