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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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