Definition of Amendable

1. Adjective. Capable of being corrected by additions. "An amendable flaw"

Exact synonyms: Correctable
Similar to: Corrigible
Derivative terms: Amend, Amend

Definition of Amendable

1. a. Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error.

Definition of Amendable

1. Adjective. Capable of being amended. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amendable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amendable

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amen curler
amen curlers
amenabilities
amenability
amenable
amenableness
amenably
amenage
amenaged
amenages
amenaging
amenance
amenaunce
amend
amendable (current term)
amendableness
amendation
amendations
amendatory
amende
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amender
amenders
amendes
amendful
amending
amendment
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Literary usage of Amendable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From the Time of by Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes (1832)
"A mistaken Christian name in the panel is not amendable by 21 Jac. ... The habeas corpus was returned blank, and it was held not amendable, but that there ..."

2. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1895)
"By the ancient practice it was considered that a scire facias was not in general amendable.4 But it is now the practice to allow the writ and declaration to ..."

3. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1824)
"If error be in BR of a judgment in С. В. the record being amendable, may be amended in BR as well as before in CB 20 H. 6. 15. b. R. l Rol. 209.1. 45. ..."

4. Reports of Sir George Croke, Knight: Formerly One of the Justices of the by George Croke, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Harbottle Grimston, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Thomas Leach (1792)
"Wherefore by order of Court it was appointed to be amended, Hr0°b' c"r'z°3- and made Samuel in the panel ; for they held, that it was amendable 5. со. ..."

5. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1897)
"324, wherein it is said that such a variance, being a mere clerical mis- prision, is immaterial and that the writ is amendable by the record. Î. Gross v. ..."

6. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1794)
"Yet in lord Coke's time k »as error to omit the entry of them. 5. Co. 49. a. Now indeed by the 16. £. 17. Cha. ». с. 8. fuch an error i* amendable. ..."

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