Definition of Amendatory

1. Adjective. Effecting amendment. "Added amendatory phrases to the text"

Similar to: Bettering
Derivative terms: Amend

Definition of Amendatory

1. a. Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory.

Definition of Amendatory

1. Adjective. For the purpose of amending or correction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amendatory

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amendatory

amenability
amenable
amenableness
amenably
amenage
amenaged
amenages
amenaging
amenance
amenaunce
amend
amendable
amendableness
amendation
amendations
amendatory (current term)
amende
amended
amended return
amender
amenders
amendes
amendful
amending
amendment
amendments
amends
amene
amened
amenia

Literary usage of Amendatory

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

1. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier, William Horace Hotchkiss, Frank Bixby Gilbert (1914)
"The Time When amendatory Act of 1903 Took Effect. ... That the provisions of this amendatory act shall not apply to bankruptcy cases pending when this act ..."

2. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier, William Horace Hotchkiss, Frank Bixby Gilbert (1907)
"That the provisions of this amendatory Act shall not apply to bankruptcy cases pending when ... I. When amendatory Act Took Effect. Comparative Legislation. ..."

3. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative by Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1874)
"The mischief designed to be remedied was the enactment of amendatory ... An amendatory act which purported only to insert certain words, or to i Ante, p. ..."

4. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1869)
"... amendatory Treaty to the Treaty of June 9, 1863, between the United States of America and the Nez Percé Tribe of Indians ; Concluded, August 13, 1868; ..."

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