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ALTER

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To change. Alterations are made either in the contract itself, or in the instrument which is evidence of it. The contract may at any time be altered with the consent of the parties, and the alteration may be either in writing or not in writing. 2. It is a general rule that the terms of a contract under seal, cannot be changed by a parol agreement.

Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition

To make a change In; to modify ; to vary in some degree; to change some of the elements or ingredients or details without substituting an entirely new thing or destroying the identity of the thing affected. See Alteration. Synonyms. This term is to be distinguished from its synonyms “change” and “amend.” To change may import the substitution of an entirely different thing, while to alter is to operate upon a subject matter which continues objectively the same while modified in some particular. If a check is raised, in respect to its amount, it is altered; if a new check is put in its place, it is changed. To “amend” implies that the modification made in the subject improves it, which is not necessarily the case with an alteration. An amendment always involves an alteration, but an alteration does not always amend.

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