nongermane amendment

An amendment that adds an unrelated rider.

• A nongermane amendment is out of order in most ordinary assemblies and many legislative bodies. But some legislative bodies, in jurisdictions where legislation may embrace more than one subject, allow nongermane amendments to a bill. See RIDER.

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