(amends, amending, amended)

v. to alter or change by adding, subtracting, or substituting. One can amend a statute, a contract or a written pleading filed in a law -suit. The change is usually called an amendment. The legislature will amend a statute, the parties to a contract can amend it, and a party to a lawsuit can amend his or her own pleading. A contract can be amended only by the parties participating in the contract. If the contract is written, it can be amended only in writing (although, curiously, an oral contract can be amended orally or in writing). A pleading can be amended before it is served on the other party, by stipulation or agreement in court between the parties (actually usually between their attorneys), or upon order of the court. See also: amended complaint amended pleading statute stipulation

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In parliamentary procedure, the motion to amend is used to modify another motion. An amendment could itself be amended.

Move to Amend is a national, non-partisan, grassroots organization that seeks to blunt corporate power by amending the United States Constitution to end corporate personhood and state that money is not speech. The group was created in response to the 2010 Supreme Court ruling Citizens United v.

The First Amendment Law Review is a law journal published by students at the University of North Carolina School of Law. it publishes articles related to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution; its goal is the promotion and protection of rights contained in the amendment through scholarly publishing.