amendment-Legal Definition. n. 1  The addition, deletion, correction, or other changes proposed or made to a document. 2  The term is usually capitalized when referring to an amendment in the United States Constitution (for example, the Fifth Amendment). 3  The act or process or revising something. 4  See also emendation.
On June 1, 1979, the NHL enacted a rule requiring the wearing of helmets for anyone entering the league after that date, though a âgrandfatherâ clause allowed diehard veterans to continue to go hatless if they wished.
There are actually two players credited with first using a football helmet on a regular basis: 1  Joseph M. Reeves: Prior to the Army vs. Navy game of 1893, Joseph Reeves, a midshipman from the U.S. Naval Academy, commissioned a local shoemaker/blacksmith to fashion a leather cap that would protect his skull.