Deliberative - Law Dictionary Search Results
Husting
their public oral nomination, and from which a show of hands was taken by the returning officer. A deliberative assembly, esp. one called by king or other loader, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 746
Diet
[fr. dies, Lat., an appointed day, Skinner; or diet, an old German word, meaning a multitude, Junius]. I.--A deliberative assembly of princes or estates. II.--Food. The statute of Nottingham, 10 Edw. 3, c. 3, (English) relating to
Cloture
Cloture. The procedure in deliberative assemblies whereby debate is closed. Introduced in the English Parliament in the session of 1882, and now anglicized
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Chairman
same expression is defined as a name given to a Presiding Officer of an assembly, public meeting, convention, deliberative or legislative body, board of directors, committee, etc. Similar meanings have been attributed to that expression in Ballentine's
Adjourn
to recess or postpone, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 42. Adjourn applies to the action of a deliberative body etc. in bringing a sitting to a close, with the intention of resuming on the next working
Casting vote
Casting vote, the vote given by the chairman or president of a deliberative assembly when the suffrages of the meeting are equal. The chairman, though not disqualified by law from voting,
Senate
An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions
verdict
consideration NOTE: The acceptance of partial verdicts before a jury is finished with deliberations may interfere with the deliberative process; having a jury achieve unanimity on a higher charge first discourages compromise verdicts on lesser included offenses.
speaker
speaker often cap : the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly [Speaker of the House of Representatives]
privilege
demands confidentiality [the attorney-client ] [the doctor-patient ] [the marital ] [the priest-penitent ] see also confidential communication deliberative process privilege : a privilege exempting the government from disclosure (as in discovery) of government agency materials containing
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