An amendment is a formal alteration to any official document or record, typically with the aim of improving it for the better. This alteration may take many forms, not only the addition of material (such as, for example the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution {which grants voting rights to women) but also removal of excess, invalid or outdated text.
The crimes enumerated in Counts 1 and 3 to 6 of this Amended Indictment were within the common purpose of the joint criminal enterprise.
The acts or omissions alleged against the accused in this Amended Indictment, which constitute Crimes against Humanity, are crimes punishable by Article 5 of the Statute of the Tribunal, and were part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population, namely the Serb population of the southern portion of the Krajina region.
The Count in the Amended Indictment in relation to murder, and the Count of persecution insofar as it relies on the acts of murder, allege the totality of these acts.
For example, the German 'Basic Law' may be amended with the consent of a majority of two-thirds in both the Bundestag and Bundesrat.
The constitution of Brazil may be amended with the consent of both houses of Congress by a majority of three-fifths.
In referenda to amend the constitutions of Australia and Switzerland it is required that a proposal be endorsed not just by an overall majority of the electorate in the nation as a whole, but also by separate majorities in each of a majority of the states or cantons.
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