Modify

To alter; to change in incidental or subordinate features. Compare Alter. Modification: such change in a contract, judgment, &c., as leaves the original thing in operation as far as its general purpose and effect ^re concerned. Modification of contracts differs from "novation," which imports a substitution of a substantially new engagement from the old one. Modification of decrees or judgments differs from " amendment," which imports an improvement in phraseology, to enable the precise decision to be enforced; while modification is some subordinate change in the substance of what is adjudged.