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The phrase "amendment to refer" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to indicate a change or addition to a reference, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The proposed amendment to refer to the new guidelines was discussed in the meeting."
Alternatives: "change to reference" or "modification to cite".
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Gun rights – The national ACLU's position is that the Second Amendment protects a collective right to own guns, rather than an individual right (some state affiliates consider the Second Amendment to refer to individual gun rights).
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The concept can be traced back to the "law of the land" clause in the Magna Carta and was understood by the founding generation and the ratifiers of the Reconstruction Amendments to refer to inherent limits on governmental authority.
The term "due process of law" in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments can be traced back to the "law of the land clause" in Magna Carta, which Revolutionary-era lawyers and the authors of the Fourteenth Amendment understood to refer to a normative concept of law.
The term "due process of law" in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments can be traced to the "law of the land clause" in Magna Carta, which Revolutionary-era lawyers and the authors of the Fourteenth Amendment understood to refer to a normative concept of law.
Dig up your original Trust Agreement, as the Amendment will need to refer to specific language and Articles contained in the Trust.
The amendment redefined the term to refer broadly to anyone who entered the West Bank "unlawfully" or who "does not lawfully hold a permit".
He joked that the rule change could be dubbed the "McDonnell amendment" – a phrase usually used to refer to a change of Labour leadership rules favoured by leftwing activists and regarded by centrist MPs as a way of securing the top job for the shadow chancellor in future.
The commonly-used term to refer to state constitutional amendments that either prohibit or limit the use of public money in funding religious education is "Blaine amendment".
Because of an editing error, an article on Thursday about wariness by some Congressional Republicans over a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage referred incorrectly in some copies to the the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age.
Correction: February 28 , 2004 Saturday Because of an editing error, an article on Thursday about wariness by some Congressional Republicans over a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage referred incorrectly in some copies to the the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age.
Response to point #1: The amendment to which the editorial refers is the F.D.A. Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2017, also called the "Cole-Bishop amendment". The amendment would not "exempt" products from regulation.
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