amendment
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That came hours before parliament gave the green light to a legislative amendment that expands the bank's mandate to include responsibility for economic growth, but also allows lawmakers to evaluate its performance.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Mr. Bhalla points to a 2015 amendment to India’s model Bilateral Investment Treaty, which forced foreign investors to exhaust remedies in India’s notoriously slow courts for five years before seeking international arbitration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Last week, Magyar's Tisza party submitted an amendment to the Hungarian constitution so that a prime minister could serve a maximum of eight years.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Yes, that amendment was removed from the Cuban constitution in 1940, many years before Castro.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
The amendment established that basic rights of citizenship—including suffrage—would be granted to male former slaves, and by specifying the sex it explicitly denied those rights to women.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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