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Revising assessors
Revising assessors, two officers elected by the bur-gesses of non-parliamentary municipal boroughs for the purpose of assisting the mayor in revising the parish burgess lists (Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 29, and Sch. III.); but their duties were transferred to the revising barristers, and their office abolished by the County Electors Act, 1888....
Sect
Sect, it represents a religious denomination and also sub-division of that religious community or section of the electorate, Hari Ram Sri Harpesh v. Election Tribunal, Muzaffarnagar, AIR 1970 All 146 (150)....
Service franchise
Service franchise, a franchise given by s. 3 of the Representation of the People Act, 1884, to male persons occupying, by virtue of their service or employment, a dwelling-house not occupied by their master. Obsolete. See ELECTORAL FRAN-CHISE....
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 a vote at a public election, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1447....
To hold elections
To hold elections, the phrase 'to hold elections' can be understood both in a wide and a narrow sense. Its wide connotation will include all steps such as the delimitation of constituencies, the compilation of electoral rolls, etc. which are a necessary preliminary to the actual conduct of elections. In the restricted sense, this phrase would cover only the actual holding of elections, State of Gujarat v. Jamnadas G. Pabri, AIR 1974 SC 2233 (2238): (1975) 1 SCC 138: (1975) 2 SCR 330....
University
University, an association of learners, and of teachers and examiners of the learners, upon whose report the association grants upon whose report the association grants titles called 'degrees' (such as 'Master of Arts,' 'Doctor of Divinity'), showing that the holders have attained some definite proficiency.The English Universities are those of Oxford, Cambridge (incorporated by 13 Eliz. c. 29, by the two names of the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford and Cambridge respectively, with the direction that they shall be called and named by none other name for evermore), Durham, London, Victoria of Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, and East Midland University Nottingham, the graduates of which (see University of Liverpool Act, 1904; (English) University of Leeds Act, 1904; and (English) Sheffield University Act, 1914) have equal statutory privileges and exemptions; and Reading University (see 18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 25). There is also the Uni...
Vote
Vote, means the Will of a member of a body formally manifested towards the decision of a question by the body as a whole, A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 1094.Vote, suffrage voice given. See titles BALLOT and ELECTORAL FRANCHISE...
Gram Sabha
Gram Sabha, means a body consisting of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village comprised within the area of Panchayat at the village level. [Constitution of India, Article 243(b)]Gram Sabha means a body consisting of persons registered in the electroal rolls relating to a village comprised within the area of the Panchayat at the village level. [Manipur Panchayati Raj, 1994 (26 of 1994), s. 2(h)]...
Guardians of the poor
Guardians of the poor. Their powers have been transferred to the councils of the counties and county boroughs, who are now the poor law authorities; see the (English) Local Government Act, 1929 (c. 17), s. 1, and (English) Poor Law Act, 1930) c. 17), s. 2 (see POOR LAW AUTHORITIES). Previously, they were the persons administering, under the control of the Ministry of Health, the funds raised by poor rates under the Poor Relief Act, 1601, and other Acts for the relief of the poor. They were elected by ballot by parochial electors, each giving one vote and no more for each of any number of persons not exceeding the number to be elected in 'unions' or parishes, as the case may be, within 40 days after the 25th March in every year, to serve for three years, one-third of their number going out of office every year under the (English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834 (4 & 5 Wm. 4, c. 76), ss. 38 et seq., as amended materially by the (English) Local Government Act, 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73, s. 2...
election
election 1 a : the act or process of electing b : an instance of the electorate voting for candidates for an elective office c : the fact of being elected 2 : the right, power, or privilege of making a choice: as a : the right of a spouse to choose a statutorily prescribed amount of a deceased spouse's estate or whatever was devised to him or her under the will b : the right of a person who has an interest in property that a deceased has disposed of by will either to claim his or her right to the property or to accept what he or she was devised under the will instead c : the right of a party to a contract that has been breached by the other party to choose to continue or terminate the contract see also election of remedies, equitable election ...
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