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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

Returning Officer

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

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Treating

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

Ballot

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

Conge d'Eslire, or elire

Conge d'Eslire, or elire (leave to elect). The king's licence or permission sent to a dean and

Municipal corporation

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

Parliamentary Constituency

to fill the seats in the House of the people. Elections are held from such constituencies and candidates declared duly elected,

Superintendence, direction and control

to include all powers necessary for the smooth conduct of elections. It is, however, seen that Parliament has been vested with

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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