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Suffrage

Suffrage [fr. suffragium; etymology uncertain], vote; elective franchise; voice given in a controverted point; aid; assistance. See ELECTORAL FRAN-CHISE. The right or privilege of casting

(307): (1984) 2 SCC 1: (1985) 2 SCR 278. The object of serving a 'true copy' of an election petition and the affidavit filed in support of the allegations of corrupt practice on the respondent in the

Vestry, or vestiary

Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Vestry'; Steer's Parish Law: and Prideaux's Law of Churchwardens. In the Metropolis, the vestries were elected under the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, until they were superseded by the Councils of the Metropolitan Boroughs under

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War Office

(1891) 3 Ch 270; see Seton on Judgments; Dan. Ch. Pr.; Simpson on Infants. See INFANT. Also, an electoral subdivision of a borough for the purposes of the local government elections [(English) Local Government Act, 1933, ss.

Westminster the First, Statute of

Church from the violence and spoliation of the king and the nobles, and provides for freedom of popular elections, because sheriffs, coroners, and conservators of the peace were still chosen by the freeholders in the county Court,

Guardians of the poor

rates under the Poor Relief Act, 1601, and other Acts for the relief of the poor. They were elected by ballot by parochial electors, each giving one vote and no more for each of any number of

House of Commons

600l. a year; in addition, members have a right of free railway travel to and from their constituencies. Election of Members.--During the last hundred years the House has been reformed on several occasions. In 1832, when Old

Recognised political party

Recognised political party, means a national party or a State party recognised as such by the Election Commission of India by notification for the time being in force. [West Bengal Panchayat Election Act, 2003, s.

Grenville Act

Grenville Act (English) (10 Geo. 3, c. 16), by which the jurisdiction over parliamentary election petitions was first transferred from the whole House of Commons to select committees; repealed by 9 Geo. 4,

Approbate and reprobate

approbat non reprobat: One who approbates cannot reprobate. The doctrine is the same as the English law of election, Douglas-Menzies v. Umphelby, 1908 AC 224. See ELECTION.

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