- statute of amendment
- A statute which permits the correction of certain omissions and imperfections in pleadings. State ex rel. Smith v Trimble, 315 Mo 166, 175, 285 SW 729.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
statute of amendment
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