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Bribe

and corruption of members, officers, and servants of public bodies. A right to vote for a candidate for election to the House of Commons being deemed a trust as well, it has been provided [(English) Corrupt Practices

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

Conge d'Eslire, or elire

(leave to elect). The king's licence or permission sent to a dean and chapter to proceed to the election of a bishop or archbishop, when the office becomes vacant. By 25 Hen. 8, c. 20, the sovereign

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Sedition

of 1799, political meetings of more than fifty persons within one mile of Westminster Hall, except for parliamentary election purposes, are declared unlawful on any day on which Parliament is sitting. By s. 25 of the Act

Conversion, equitable

and assigns [Crabtree v. Bramble, (1747) 3 Atk 680], these circumstances have been considered to amount to an election. The nature of the property cannot be altered by the election of a trustee or an infant. Before

Found to have been guilty

context of clause (a) of s. 17(1), it will mean 'found to have guilty at the time of election, and immediately preceding the election', Banwari Das v. Sumer Chand, (1974) 4 SCC 817, AIR 1974 SC 1032

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over parliamentary election petitions was first transferred from the whole House of Commons to select committees; repealed by 9 Geo. 4,

Induce

connection or reflection, direct or indirect, in persuading the voter to vote or refrain from voting at an election. If the inducement to the voter is not caused by the pay-ment of the gratification to a third

Material facts

Material facts, are concerned, this court has held that they should be fully set out in the election petition and if any fact is not set out, the petitioner cannot be permitted to adduce the evidence

Material facts and material particulars

in fairness and justice to the returned candidate. Their function is to fill in the picture of the election petitioner's cause of action with information sufficiently detailed to put the returned candidate on his guard as to

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