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Mayor
the more probable derivation through the lingual corruption of 'major'] the annual chief magistrate of a municipal borough, elected by the councillors under s. 15 of the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46Vict. c. 50),
Materially affected
Materially affected, What s. 100 requires is that the High Court before it declares the election of a returned candidate is void should be of opinion that the result of the election insofar as
Local Government
the government of the country which, by delegation from the Imperial Government, is conducted the bodies appointed or elected to conduct it within limited areas, as parishes, boroughs, local government districts, poor law unions, petty sessional districts,
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Lame Duck Session
Lame Duck Session, means sitting of an elected Assembly which continues in office during the period between election and the inauguration of a succession, Webster's American
Joining together
things, often with a loss of distinction of elements that completely merge with one another, Ramashankar Kaushik v. Election Commission of India, AIR 1974 SC 445: (1974) 1 SCC 271. [Election Symbols (Reservations and Allot-ment Order, 1968,
Corruptly
not the offeror intended to follow it through, R. v. Smith, (1960) 2 QB 423. See BRIBE AND ELECTION PETITIONS; and con-sult Archbold, Crim. Pleading and Practice, tit, 'Corrupt, etc., Practices at Elections,' and Fraser on Parliamentary
Collective litigation
Collective litigation, a phrase coined by Justice Iyer to denote and classify election disputes. According to him election disputes are not strictly disputes between two parties. The whole electorate is vicariously
Call
Call, 1, (1) The election of students to the degree of barrister-at-law, hence (2) the ceremony or epoch of election, and (3) the
return
a : a report of the results of balloting [election s] b : an official declaration of the election of a candidate [each house shall be the judge of the elections, s, and qualifications of its own
Wrongful dismissal
for a fixed time or, if upon notice, before expiration of the period of notice. The servant may elect to treat the contract as repudiated, General Bill Posting Co. v. Atkinson, 1909 AC 118; and see Measures,
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