amendment
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“Most trusts contain terms about how to effect an amendment to the trust,” according to McLane Middleton, a law firm with offices in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The charter amendment ballot measure approved Tuesday would avoid that result and restore the inadvertently repealed funding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
By a vote of 217-212, the House killed the amendment sponsored by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Her proposed ascent to high office comes after Hungarian lawmakers last week passed an amendment removing Sulyok, whose last day in office was on Sunday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
They had talked of the thirteenth amendment that night.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Your friend would need to ensure that the trust’s terms and governing amendments are rock solid.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
“None of the first 10 amendments reference the rights of citizens. They refer to the rights of the people.”
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
They were joined by Kimberlyn King-Hinds of the Northern Mariana Islands and James Moylan of Guam, nonvoting delegates who can debate and cast votes on amendments but not on actual legislation.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
A series of amendments adopted by the Senate’s Privacy, Digital Technologies and Consumer Protection Committee sought to address some of those concerns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
“You get paid to teach government. The first, second, and third amendments to the Constitution. Stuff like that. Why don’t you just dive right in?”
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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U.S. Government Lingo
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13th Amendment (1865)
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