单词 | amendatory |
释义 | amendatoryadj. Chiefly North American. Chiefly in the context of legislation: that amends; designed or intended to amend something. Cf. emendatory adj. ΚΠ 1714 E. Saltmarsh Ess. Indulgences iii. 78 They must make up their rekenings with divine Justice..in this world, or be sentenced to the severity of amendatory flames in the next. 1788 E. Pendleton Let. 12 June in Lett. & Papers (1967) II. 528 But these remote possible errors may be eradicated by the amendatory clause in the Constitution. 1803 Deb. Congr. U.S. 26 Feb. (1851) 603 Mr. Bayard..reported an amendatory bill, which was read twice. 1862 A. Lincoln Message to Congr. in Times 17 Dec. 9/6 Articles amendatory of the Constitution of the United States. 1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 320/2 In the adoption of the Common Law, and its amendatory statutes, the early American courts were given the power to reject so much of it as was unsuited to our circumstances. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 13 June i. 1/6 Blagojevich said he would use his amendatory veto authority to create a position with broad subpoena powers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1714 |
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