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London, Port of

chairman and vice-chairman and other members of the Port Authority elected and appointed in manner provided by this Act for the

Returning Officer

Returning Officer, the official who conducts an election. The Representation of the People Act, 1918, s. 28, provides

Treating

1 and 2, extended to municipal, school board, and other elections by the (English) Corrupt Practices Act, 1884, and continued from

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Bribe

public bodies. A right to vote for a candidate for election to the House of Commons being deemed a trust as

Relief

him. Abolished with other feudal grievances. Relief with respect to Election Offences. If a candidate at a parliamentary or municipal election

Ballot

absence renders the presiding officer liable to an action for election lost, Pickering v. James, (1873) LR 8 CP 489. The

Municipal corporation

the 'mayor, aldermen, and burgesses,' and acting through a; council' elected by the burgesses, i.e., persons entitled to vote under the

Borough Council

consisting of a mayor, alderman, and councillors, the councillors being elected by the burgesses, and the mayor and aldermen by the

Electoral franchise

Electoral franchise. (1) The qualifications entitling persons to vote at Parliamentary

Quo warranto

adopted for the purpose of trying the right to be elected to municipal offices, but the (English) Corrupt Practices (Municipal Elections)

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