English-Italian translations for amendment

• aggiunta
  L'emendamento orale è un'aggiunta. The oral amendment is an addition.
  Tale aggiunta verrà inserita nell'emendamento come paragrafo 3. This forms the third paragraph of the amendment.
  Allora voteremo sull'emendamento n. 11 come aggiunta. We shall thus vote on Amendment No 11 as an addition.
• emendamento
  Vorrei presentare un emendamento orale relativo all’emendamento n. I have one oral amendment to amendment 59.
  Sull'emendamento orale all'emendamento n. 12: The oral amendment to Amendment No 12:
  L'emendamento n. 5 fa riferimento all'emendamento n. Amendment No 5 refers to Amendment No 16.
• riforma
  Gran parte della riforma comporterà modifiche del Trattato. Much of that will require treaty amendments.
  Non sono in grado di accogliere gli altri emendamenti sulla riforma dell’OCM. I am not in a position to accept the other amendments on the reform of the COM.
  Se fosse accolto, stravolgerebbe la relazione e costituirebbe non una riforma, ma una controriforma. If accepted, the amendment would upset the report and not be a reform but a counter-reform.

Definition of amendment

• An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices
• Correction of an error in a writ or process
• That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something

Examples

• The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
• The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.
• a soil amendment

Related words

• amendment to the by-laws
• amendment to the constitution
• proposed amendment
• subject to amendment