单词 | reasoned amendment |
释义 | > as lemmasreasoned amendment reasoned amendment n. British an amendment to a bill in Parliament that seeks to prevent a further reading by proposing reasons for the alteration or rejection of the bill. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > [noun] > amendment of bill amendment1581 reasoned amendment1904 wrecking amendment1967 1904 Proc. Classical Assoc. 2 46 He thought it was time that, with due humility, they should welcome the second idea and move a ‘reasoned amendment’ to the first. 1907 W. S. Churchill Ld. Randolph Churchill (ed. 2) 728 To this a reasoned amendment was moved, with the concurrence of the Government, by a private member from the Unionist benches, setting forth the inexpediency at that time of introducing any large constitutional change in Ireland. 1975 Daily Tel. 23 July 1 The Conservative ‘reasoned amendment’..supported the Government's belated commitment to reduce the disastrous rate of inflation. 1992 Mod. Law Rev. 55 88 A total of 13 Bills since 1966..were opposed on Second Reading either by a straightforward motion or a reasoned amendment. < as lemmas |
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