| 单词 | amendment |
| 释义 | amendment (əmendmənt ) Word forms: amendments 1. variable noun An amendment is a section that is added to a law or rule in order to change it. ...an amendment to the defense bill. ...a constitutional amendment. Parliament gained certain rights of amendment. Synonyms: addition, change, adjustment, attachment 2. countable noun An amendment is a change that is made to a piece of writing. Collocations: amendment bill Undeterred, state suffrage leaders secured another amendment bill in 1916, but defeat again dashed their hopes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During his tenure in this office he notably carried a poor law amendment bill through parliament. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An amendment bill introduced in 2006 was withdrawn. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Three other term limit amendment bills failed to get more than 200 votes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Finally, the amendment proposal must be submitted to the people, and for ratification must be approved by a simple majority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the committee became polarised over key reforms, and the amendment proposals eventually ran out of time. Times, Sunday Times This unprecedented usage has resulted in eight lawsuits and numerous amendment proposals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The second amendment protects the right to bear arms. Times,Sunday Times It's a rough and unruly place, where the first amendment protects even the most inflammatory speech. Times, Sunday Times The 'collective rights theory' argues that the amendment protects the rights of states to defend themselves. Times, Sunday Times Put another way, the fifth amendment protects one from incriminating oneself if testifying truthfully will incriminate oneself in the commission of a crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Three-quarters of the states have to approve the amendment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Under the legislative rule for the bill, sixty votes were required to approve the amendment and the bill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Council then voted 2911 to approve the amendment of the tripartite agreement to permit a fixed link and the construction of a lift bridge. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If required notice procedures are not properly followed, the local government may not approve an amendment to a planned unit development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Eighty-one percent of voters approved the amendment and nineteen percent opposed it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A paper has since been drafted to support the constitutional amendment. ST He called for a constitutional amendment allowing states to choose how to define marriage for themselves. Times, Sunday Times No legislation, no constitutional amendment created any of these things. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cabinet has already passed a draft constitutional amendment to allow the national government to intervene in failing municipalities. ST A constitutional amendment would also need to be approved by a national referendum. Times, Sunday Times The draft amendment, making the ratio a reference and no longer a requirement, needs approval by the legislature, and no timetable was given. Times, Sunday Times The draft amendments by the committee of 10 many notable changes to the text of the 2012 constitution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In total, counting the initial signatures, 217,567 voters supported the introduction of the draft amendments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Within the commission, he also chaired one of its four committees, the one tasked with drafting amendments that would strengthen the judiciary. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It then organised a committee of jurists to draft amendments to pave the way for new parliamentary and presidential elections. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Officials recently hinted that they could introduce an amendment to legalise parcelisations. Times, Sunday Times Then my eye fell on a remark by the minister introducing his amendment. Times, Sunday Times He introduced an amendment to require reports on lending to these businesses, which was adopted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ultimately, he was forced to compromise and introduced an amendment removing the references to treason. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He introduced an amendment to remove the bear, or, if it were to remain, that it be held fast by a vaquero's lasso. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, a law amendment passed in 2009 protects the rights of mortgage debtors and insures that they are not evicted after failing to meet mortgage payments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The criminal law amendments abolished the crime of counter- revolutionary activity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was a member of the standing committees on law amendments and privileges. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most of the securities commissions have the authority to make changes by introducing rules, rather than going through the much more time-consuming process of legislative amendments, he said. Globe and Mail One committee would carry out constitutional and legislative amendments to enable a shift of power. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some upper houses have been abolished completely (see below); others have had their powers reduced by constitutional or legislative amendments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Shifts in societal values and changes in public policy are reflected in judicial decisions and legislative amendments in the family law arena. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Two of the three were replaced by challengers who have vowed to oppose the amendment. canada.com Politicians were nervous about this, while the southern anti-suffragists used it as ammunition for opposing the amendment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Therefore, we oppose the amendment moved... Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ministers tabled a motion last night opposing an amendment which, for the first time, would compel companies to show financial damage before they can sue for libel. Times, Sunday Times House leaders from both parties opposed the amendment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He voted against putting union welfare funds under government control, but helped to pass an amendment forbidding compulsory union membership for workers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This group looked to pass an amendment at the federal level and also vowed to use a more radical approach. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Conservatives worried that passing the amendment would sabotage the chances of ending the war through conciliation; radicals worried that the president would sell out. Times, Sunday Times However, it may be difficult for the opposition parties to muster enough peers to pass the amendments given that any vote will take place late in the evening. Times, Sunday Times They passed an amendment in the assembly authorising the government with the right to amend the list of powers through government notifications. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He said the party should propose an amendment to the legislation and vote against the bill if that amendment failed to pass. Times, Sunday Times And then a quadruple-lock, making it a criminal offence on pain of death to propose any amendment to the second one. Times, Sunday Times Alternatively, it may propose an amendment by a majority vote two consecutive years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As chair, we have proposed an amendment to permit themed entries. The Times Literary Supplement The legislature may choose to refer any legislation, however any bills proposing an amendment to the state constitution must be subject to referendum. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Three-quarters of the states must ratify an amendment (38 out of 50). Christianity Today The vote to ratify this amendment was held the following year; the ratification failed and the category remained. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The organization stated that they would no longer hold conferences in states that did not ratify the amendment, with the boycott measure set to take place in 1981. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Burn's vote broke the tie in favor of ratifying the amendment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Twenty-eight had ratified the amendment by early 1937, but none have done so since. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The amendment got the necessary 2/3 vote in the state congress, but ultimately the state voters rejected the amendment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Voters then decide whether to accept or reject all amendments put forth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Voters rejected the amendment in 2012. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, it rejected the amendment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The house of origin may concur with the amendments and send the bill to the governor or reject the amendments and submit it to a two-house conference committee. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Paradoxically, any attempt to alter the initiative and referendum process would require an amendment to the state constitution, and thus in itself be put forth as a referendum. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Where a party sought a last-minute amendment to pleadings, it had to show the strength of its new case and why justice to all parties required the amendment. Times, Sunday Times The parity clause, however, required an amendment relating to the 1935 constitution's thirteenth article. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He urged ministers to support his amendment, which he described as a 'focused' measure that would stop 'spurious human rights challenges'. Times, Sunday Times This means that for purposes of a constitutional referendum, at least 12 out of a total of 23 cantonal popular votes must support the amendment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He changed his vote to support the amendment, and spoke in favor of it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also agreed to support an amendment requiring the prime minister to be elected. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By 1979, the effort to push the states to support an amendment had made serious progress with 29 of the 34 states required for a constitutional convention. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 修正案 Japanese: 修正条項 |
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