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compulsory

having arisen from the transaction or occurrence that is the subject of litigation [a counterclaim] [ reconvention] compare elective, permissive 2 : using compulsion : compelling [ measures] com·pul·so·ri·ly [-sə-rə-lē] adv

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

Sewer

to the Act or not ,but does not extend to the metropolis. It provides for the constitution of elective drainage districts, and for the appointment of boards therein, with the same powers as commissioners of sewers. The

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mayor

American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge The post is usually elective its holder chosen by the electorate of the entire city

Monarchy

regal power descends immediately from the possessor to the next heir by blood, as in our country; or elective, as was formerly the case in Poland.

Land Drainage Act, 1930

County Borough Councils) in that area. In each catchment area the internal Drainage Boards are constituted on an elective basis, under the supervision of the Catchment Board. The Commissioners of Sewers are abolished and previously existing drainage

Interregnum

Interregnum, the time during which a throne is vacant in elective kingdoms; for in such as are hereditary, as in England, there can be no interregnum, the sovereign in

Dean

of souls, who therefore may be, and frequently are, persons not in holy orders. Their appointments are either elective, as deans of chapters of the old foundation, though the Crown has, in fact, the real patronage; or

Corporate Office

1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), s. 305, means the office of 'mayor, alderman, councillor, or elective auditor of a borough.'

Burial ground

not necessarily, incorporated that Act. In 1852 an adoptive Burial Act (15 & 16 Vict. c. 85), enabled elective 'burial boards' of metropolitan parishes to acquire land for burial grounds, and this Act was applied to boroughs

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