Amendment
in law, the correction of any mistake discovered in a writ or process.
In legislative proceedings, a clause, sentence, or paragraph proposed to be substituted for another, or to be inserted in a bill before Congress, and which, if carried, actually becomes part of the bill itself. As a rule amendments do not overthrow the principle of a bill.
In public meetings, a proposed alteration of the terms of a motion laid before a meeting for acceptance. This amendment may be so much at variance with the essential character of the motion that a counter motion would be its more appropriate name.
AMENEMHAT (am-en'em-hat), or Amenemha, the name of four Egyptian kings of the 12th dynasty. The first, called SEHOTEP-AB RA, the founder of the dynasty, reigned about 2466 в. c.; was successful as a ruler and general, and built the temple of Amun, in Thebes.
AMENHOTEP The second, called NUB-KAN RA, reigned in 2400 B. C. The third, called MAA-EN RA, reigned in 2300 B. C. He built a in 2400 в. c. The third, called MAA-EN RA, reigned in 2300 в. c. He built a great reservoir in the oasis of Fayum, connected with the Nile by a canal in order to regulate the flow of the water and improve its usefulness. He built also, beside the Lake Mæris, the great temple called the Labyrinth and pyramid of his tomb. The fourth, called MAATKHERN RA, reigned 2266 в. c.
AMENHOTEP or ,and AMERICANIZATION The first European voyages to Ameri- (about 1001) visited the coasts of New England, where they established settle- ments. In 1492 Columbus discovered the West Indies, and in 1498 the mainland of discovered and colonized Greenland, and (about 1001) visited the coasts of New Cabot (1497). The circumstances of the England, where they established settleorigin of the name America are highly ments. In 1492 Columbus discovered the interesting. Amerigo Vespucci, a navi- West Indies, and in 1498 the mainland of South America; the first navigator to reach the North American mainland was 1501, and 1503. He described his exgator of Florence, undertook four voyages across the Atlantic-in 1497, 1499, periences in a series of letters, addressed to his friend Soderini, gonfalonier of These (am-en'hō-tep),