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Election petitions
Matched in: Term Election petitions
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over parliamentary election petitions was first transferred from the whole House of Commons to select committees; repealed by 9 Geo. 4, c. … the whole House of Commons to select committees; repealed by 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, s. 1. See ELECTION PETITIONS.
Petition
Divorce and matrimonial suits, and suits instituted under the Legitimacy Declaration Act, are commenced by petition. As to election petitions, see that title. Petition means a written statement of material facts, requesting the Court to grant the relief
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Election judges
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Bill of Rights
discouraging petitions; by raising and keeping a standing army in time of peace; by violating the freedom of election of members to serve in Parliament; by violent prosecutions and the causing partial and corrupt jurors to be
Common Pleas, the Court of
Formal or plenary. (1) Real actions, under the C.L.P. Act, 1860, s. 26. (2) Under the (English) Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 125), over petitions complaining of an undue return or undue election
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 Elections,
decertify
bargaining agent [petitions to the union] NOTE: The National Labor Relations Board will decertify a union after an election in which the majority of members do not support the union or after participation in an illegal strike.
Agent
v. Francis, (1870) LR 5 CP 295; Durant v. Keighley, Maxted & Co., 1910 AC 240. As to election agents see the Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 125), by new law. As to
Chairman
to win the confidence of his colleagues on he commission and carry them with him, T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commr. of India v. Union of India, (1995) 4 SCC 611 (631). (Constitution of India, Art. 324) Means
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