1. An amendment that has already been made or adopted to a document, law, or constitution in previous times
The past amendment to the constitution was ratified in 1971.
A emenda anterior à constituição foi ratificada em 1971.
2. A modification or change made to legislation or rules that is no longer current but remains part of the legal record
Congress reviewed the past amendments before proposing new legislation.
O Congresso revisou as emendas passadas antes de propor nova legislação.