modify
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879)
Definitions from Case Law
From 593 U.S. 486 - Terry v. United States · 2021Most cited · 33 citing opinions
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Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
To alter; to change in incidental or subordinate features.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
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.