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Amendment, a correction of any errors in the writ or pleadings in actions, suits, or prosecutions. The power of allowing amendments has been much extended by modern statutes and rules, but it will not be exercised to the prejudice of a party to the proceeding; apart from this, it is in general a mere matter of costs.1. Amendment of proceedings in the Supreme Court. By R. S. C. Ord. XXVIII., r. 1, the Court or a judge may, at any stage of the proceedings, allow either party to alter or amend his indorsement or pleadings, in such manner and on such terms as may be just, and all such amendments shall be made as may be necessary for the purpose of determining the real questions in controversy between the parties. This is the general principle. The remaining rules of the Order prescribe the practice in detail; they allow the plaintiff to amend his statement of claim once without leave, and the defendant similarly to amend a counterclaim or set-off. But a defence cannot be amended without le...
Complete amendment
Complete amendment, consists of the substitution of an entire set of rules for the existing set of rules, and any other amendment is a partial amendment, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 24, para 39, p. 34....
equal rights amendment (era)
equal rights amendment (era) The proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution was intended to explicitly guarantee equality to all persons, regardless of gender. After passing in Congress in 1972, the amendment did not receive enough votes for ratification by the individual states, and was never signed into law. ...
first amendment
first amendment The constitutional amendment ratified with the Bill of Rights in 1791, guaranteeing the freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly and the right to petition the government for the redress of grievances. Source: FindLaw ...
fourth amendment
fourth amendment The constitutional amendment guaranteeing people the right to be secure in their homes and property against unreasonable searches and seizures, and providing that no warrants shall issue except upon probable cause. Source: FindLaw ...
Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885 to 1928 (English)
Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885 to 1928 (English). By the Act of 1885 the procuration of women under twenty-one, and illicit though un-resisted intercourse with girls between thirteen and sixteen, are made misdemeanours, brothel-keepers are made liable to summary proceedings, and prisoners charged with sexual offences are allowed to give evidence on their own behalf. The Act is amended by the Criminal Law Amendment Act,1912, which empowers a constable to arrest without a warrant any person offending against the Act of 1885, provides the flogging offenders, and maks better provision for the suppression of brothels and prostitution. The Act of 1922 provides that the consent to an act of indecency by a child or young person under sixteen shall be no defence to a charge of indecent assault (s. 1). Reasonable cause to believe that a girl was over sixteen shall notbe a defence to a charge undr ss. 5 and 6 of the Act of 1885 (i.e., defilement of a girl between thirteen and sixteen, or permi...
Amend
Amend, is to make right, to correct or rectify e.g. amend the order to fix a clinical error. To change the wording of, specific, to alter (a Statute, Constitution, etc.) formally by adding or deleting a provision or by modifying the wording e.g. amend the Legislative Bill, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 80....
Subject to such amendments as may thereafter
Subject to such amendments as may thereafter, the words 'subject to such amendments as may there-after' in s. 66 postulate that a list finalized before January 1 or April 1 is liable to be amended there-after u/s. 67. The building was certainly liable to be included in the assessment list which was finalized on March 31, 1959, but by some mistake it was not so included, Punjab National Bank v. New Delhi Municipal Committee, AIR 1973 SC 674: (1973) 1 SCC 579: (1973) 3 SCR 189....
Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856 (English)
Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856 (English) (19 & 20 Vict. c. 97). Its principal enactments are: (1) that a writ of execution shall not effect a title bona fide acquired before seizure; (2) that in an action for breach of contract to deliver goods sold, a writ for the delivery of the goods may be obtained (these two ss. are repealed by the Sale of Goods Act, 1893, and reproduced by ss. 26 and 52 of that Act); (3) that the consideration for a guarantee need not appear in writing; (4) that a guarantee to or for a firm ceases upon a change in the firm (this s. is repealed by the Partnership Act, 1890, and reproduced by s. 18 of that Act); (5) that a surety who discharges a liability is to be entitled to an assignment of all securities held by the creditor; (Ss. 6 and 7) that an acceptance of a bill of exchange must be in writing, and that 'inland bill of exchange' bears a certain definition-these two sections are repealed by the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, and reproduced by ss. 7 and 17...
amendment
amendment 1 : an act of amending ;esp : an alteration in wording [s to cure the defect in the pleading] 2 : an alteration proposed or put into effect by legislative or constitutional procedure [the Congress…shall propose s to this Constitution "U.S. Constitution art. V"] ...
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