The phrase "ask for amends" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone is seeking to make reparations or rectify a situation after a wrongdoing.
Example: "After realizing the hurt he caused, he decided to ask for amends and apologize sincerely."
Alternatives: "seek forgiveness" or "request reconciliation."
Eventually, he and his colleagues decided that Bush would have to go to Congress instead and ask for legislation to amend the FISA law.
Meanwhile, Google and Microsoft, which filed suit in June to ask for this permission, amended their petitions Monday to compel the government to publish even more detail about the requests.
But Emperor Akihito could not openly ask for this law to be amended because, in 1947, the victorious United States imposed a new Constitution on Japan that barred the emperor from intervening in politics.
You have the right to ask for the data to be amended or deleted if it is inaccurate, or likely to cause you substantial and unwarranted damage or distress.
The judge also ruled that, pending appeal, Taubman Centers could not hold a shareholder meeting, amend the bylaws, adopt a poison pill or ask for consents by shareholders.
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge advised state officials not to issue more amended birth certificates because she planned to appeal the ruling and ask for a stay of the decision. .
JPMorgan Chase Mr. Picard recently amended his suit against JPMorgan, which held Mr. Madoff's primary bank account, to ask for $19 billion for failing to properly monitor his operations.
"We have therefore asked for permission to amend the documents to protect the victims more.
In usual RPF and Kagame style, ordinary Rwandans were coerced into signing petitions asking for Parliament to amend the constitution and remove presidential term limits for Kagame and any other future presidents.
When it asked for the foreword to be amended, it was rebuffed and told it was all or nothing.
