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Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923

makes good damage done by the removal. He must give a month's notice to the landlord, who may elect to purchase the fixture or building. 7. Notice to Quit (s. 25).--Notwithstanding any thing in a contract of

Advancement

child's share in the intestate estate as provided by the (English) A. E. Act, 1925. The child may elect not to take under the intestacy (see Wolst. & Ch. Conv. Acts, vol. 2, p. 1502). A power

Magna assisa eligendia, Writ de

and unchristian custom of duelling. The writ issued to the sheriff to return four knights, who were to elect and choose twelve others to be joined with them, and these, all together, formed the grand assize or

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Cooumlptate

To choose to elect to cooumlpt

electoral college

electoral college often cap E&C : a body of electors ;specif : the body of electors chosen from each

co opt

To choose or elect in concert with another

corporation

Code that has 35 shareholders or less and only one class of stock and that may if eligible elect to be an S corporation and taxed accordingly subchapter S corporation : s corporation in this entry

dilution

a weakening of the voting rights of a group of citizens (as a minority) because the representatives they elect have no greater legislative power than the representatives elected by smaller voting groups

constituency

constituency pl: -cies 1 : a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive office) 2 : the residents in an electoral district 3

elisor

elisor [Anglo-French ellisour eslisour, literally, one who selects (jurors in the sheriff's stead), elector, from eslire to select, from Old French, ultimately from Latin eligere to choose, elect] : a judicial officer

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