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• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. mendum, a See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault)  , an improvement, correction or alteration (nominally at least) for the better . The word is used either of moral See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character or, more especially, in connexion with " amending " a See also:

• BILL

bill or See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament or See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution at a See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting; and in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law it signifies the correction of any defect or See also:

• ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error in the See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of a See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• ACTION

action or on a criminal See also:

• INDICTMENT (from Anglo-Fr. enditernent, enditer, to charge; Lat. in, against, dictare, declare)

indictment . All written constitutions also usually contain a clause providing for the method by which they may be amended . Another noun, in the plural See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of " amends," is restricted in its meaning to that of the See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty paid fora See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault or wrong committed . In its See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French form the amende, or amende honorable, once a public See also:

• CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

confession and See also:

• APOLOGY (from Gr. &aoXoyia, defence)

apology when the offender passed to the seat of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice barefoot and bareheaded, now signifies in the See also:

• ENGLISH

English phrase a spontaneous and satisfactory rectification of an error .