An amendment is a formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal instrument, legal document. It is based on the verb to amend, which means to change for better. Amendments can add, remove, or update parts of these agreements. They are often used when it is better to change the document than to write a new one. Only the legislative branch is involved in the amendment process.

Contracts

Contracts are often amended when the market changes. For example, a contract to deliver something to a customer once a month can be amended if the customer wants it delivered once a week. Usually Contracts also are categorized for their promotion in a nation, such as the Treaty of Versailles.

Law

Legislation

In parliamentary procedure, a Motion (parliamentary procedure), motion is a proposal to do something. The wording of such a proposal can be changed with a motion to amend. Amendments can remove words, add words, or change words in motions. All main motions and some secondary motions can be amended. An amendment can Second-degree amendment, be amended.

Constitutions

Some of the most famous constitutional amendments are the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which added the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, religion, freedom of the press, press, and freedom of assembly, protest, the Third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, which let Ireland join the European Union, and the amendment of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, German constitution as part of the German reunification process in 1990. Constitutional amendments in some countriesfor example, Chapter VIII of the Constitution of Australia, Australiamust be approved by both the parliament or legislature and a national referendum.

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