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Property qualification

Property qualification, for Members of Parliament, abolished by 21 & 22 Vict.

House of Commons

and Canadian Parlia-ment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 744. Property Qualification.--The property qualification of members, which was by 1 & 2 … Parlia-ment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 744. Property Qualification.--The property qualification of members, which was by 1 & 2 Vict. c.

Jury

matter in the discretion of a court or judge. Qualification.--The property qualification of jurors is fixed by the (English) County Juries Act,

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Local board

elected by open voting of the owners and ratepayers, a property qualification being required for membership, each voter having from one to … ss. 35 (3), 39, 40 (1), 57], abolished both the property qualification and the plural voting, and by s. 21 directed that

Settlement estate duty

Vict. c. 30) (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Death Duties'), on settled property passing on the death of one person to another not … the principal value of the settled property, with two important qualifications, being these: (1) If the only life interest in the

grandfather clause

the Civil War requiring high standards of literacy and substantial property qualifications of voters except for descendants of men voting before … Civil War requiring high standards of literacy and substantial property qualifications of voters except for descendants of men voting before 1867

District Council

c. 73), which Act abolished plural voting for, and any property qualification of, such authority; (2) Rural, the governing body under the

Valuation list

purposes of rates (not including water rates) and taxes and property qualifications generally. See RATES. … of rates (not including water rates) and taxes and property qualifications generally. See RATES.

Electoral franchise

1918, created great changes: it abolished the voting qualifications of property owners, lodgers, free-men, etc.; it extended the parliamentary franchise to … Electoral franchise. (1) The qualifications entitling persons to vote at Parliamentary elections. A brief sketch

Justices

in or within seven miles of the borough, or occupy property therein, but they need not be burgesses or have such … gratuitously, receiving no salary or fees. By the (English) Justices Qualification Act, 1744 (18 Geo. 2, c. 20), every justice for

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