alter or change

English

Verb

alter or change (third-person singular simple present alters or changes, present participle altering or changing, simple past and past participle altered or changed)

1. (law) To modify.
   • 1882, New York (State), New York City Consolidation Act of 1882: An Act to Consolidate Into One Act and to Declare the Special and Local Laws Affecting Public Interests in the City of New York, Being Chapter 410 of the Laws of 1882, page 655:

     […] or if at any time the common published council shall deem it expedient to alter or change any such grade in whole or in part, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of public works to give notice of such application or intention […]

   • 1896, New Jersey, General Statutes of New Jersey, page 2827:

     […] then any person aggrieved or desiring to alter or change said by-road may apply in writing to three of the chosen freeholders of the county nearest to the said by-road, to lay out, alter or change the said road, […]

   • 1919, Wisconsin Statutes, Wisconsin: Legislative Reference Bureau, page 1543:

     Every railroad company in this state, may, by the vote of two-thirds of all its directors, alter or change the route or any portion of the route of its railroad, […]