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Indenture
in a zig zag fashion to reduce the possibility of forgery and to distinguish it from a deed poll. A deed or elaborate contract signed by two or more parties, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 782.
Withdraw
wide amplitude to include a subsequent withdrawal or non withdrawal even at the last stage prior to the poll, Mohd. Yunus Saleem v. Shiv Kumar Shastri, AIR 1974 SC 1218 (1223): (1974) 4 SCC 854: (1974) 3
Resolution
passing of an extraordinary or special resolution the chairman's declaration that the resolution is carried shall, unless a poll is demanded, be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of votes recorded
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Polling Station
Polling Station, in relation to an election means the place for taking poll of the election. [The West Bengal
Name
LR 2 CP 430. Names may be changed by (English) Act of Parliament, by Royal Licence, or deed poll: see S.R. & O., 1922, Nos. 210, 211, and notes, A.P., to R.S.C., Ord. LXI., r. 9. See
Municipal corporation
years, and one-third of their number goes out of office every year. If the election be contested the poll is taken by ballot, under the Ballot Act,1872. The aldermen, in number one-third of the number of councillors
Censure
above the aged sixteen years are cited to swear fealty to the lord, and to pay 11d. per poll, and 1d. per annum ever after; these thus sworn are called censores. Surv. of the Duch. of Corn.
Estoppel
Estoppel, a conclusive admission, which cannot be denied. It is of three kinds:- (1) By matter of record, which imports such absolute and incontrovertible verity, that no person against whom it is producible shall be permitted...
Electoral roll
Republic of Ireland, (4) has to be of 18 years of age or above on the date of poll, Parliamentary Practice Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 26. In U.K., it is known as electoral Register. The
Covenant
of Properties Act, 1925, and ASSIGNMENT. A deed addressed to all the world, some times called a deed poll, was not within the rule that only parties to the deed could take advantage of it, Co. Litt,
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