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Qualified voter, means a qualified elector who exercises the right to vote; a person who votes, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1254....
primary
primary 1 : of first rank, value, or importance 2 : belonging to the first group or order in successive divisions, combinations, or ramifications pri·mar·i·ly [prī-mer-ə-lē] adv n pl: -ries 1 : caucus 2 : an election in which qualified voters nominate or express a preference for a particular candidate or group of candidates for political office, choose party officials, or select delegates for a party convention ...
Electoral franchise
Electoral franchise. (1) The qualifications entitling persons to vote at Parliamentary elections. A brief sketch of the changes up to 1884 in (a) Counties, and (b) Boroughs is as follows:(a) Originally the freeholders elected the members for the county: later, residence was made an additional qualification. In the fifteenth century the qualification was limited to resident freeholders of lands or tenements to the value of 40s. by the year (8 Hen. 6, c. 7). Towards the end of the eighteenth century the residence qualification was abolished. The (English) Reform Act, 1832, extended the franchise to 10l. copyholders and to leaseholders for terms of years, and tenants at will paying a minimum of 50l. yearly rent (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 45, ss. 19 and 20). The (English) Representation of the People Act, 1867, extended the franchise to every duly registered man of full age who was-(i) the owner of lands or tenements, of whatever tenure, for his own life, for the life of another or for any lives wha...
Qualified elector
Qualified elector, means a legal voter; a person who meets the voting requirements for age, residency, and registration and who has the present right to vote in an election, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1254....
qualified
qualified 1 : fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose or condition 2 a : being in compliance or accordance with specific requirements or conditions [a voter] b : eligible under applicable requirements for favorable tax treatment (as exemption of funds from taxation until retirement) [a pension plan] 3 : limited or modified in some way : less than absolute qual·i·fied·ly [-fī-əd-lē, -fīd-lē] adv ...
County Councils
County Councils. The elective bodies established by the Local Government Act, 1888 (c. 41), to manage certain specified administrative business of each county (see LOCAL GOVERNMENT), formerly managed by the justices of the peace (who are nominated by the Crown) in quarter sessions,and other administrative business mentioned in the Act, and consisting of 'the chairman, aldermen, and councillors.' The (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), consolidates with amendments the enactments relating to local authorities.The councillors are elected, for separate electroal divisions,' the qualification for elctors being that required under the Representation of the People Acts, and the qualification for being elected similar to that required for electionto office onany local authority. Ministers of religion are not disqulaified, and peers owing property in the county and persons registered as parliamentary voters in respect of the ownership of property in the county are qual...
jury list
jury list : a list of individuals qualified to be selected for jury duty NOTE: The jury list is compiled in various ways in different jurisdictions, but it is usually based on a list of registered voters or licensed drivers. ...
register
register [Anglo-French registre, from Medieval Latin registrum, alteration of Late Latin regesta, pl., register, from Latin, neuter plural of regestus, past participle of regerere to bring back, pile up, collect] 1 : a written record containing regular entries of items or details ;specif : police register 2 a : a book or system of public records (as titles or patents) b : a roster of qualified or available individuals c : the formal record maintained by a corporation of the names and addresses of holders of its registered securities 3 : registry 4 probably alteration of Middle English registrer registrar : registrar vb -tered -ter·ing vt 1 : to make or secure official entry of in a register [ a car] [ a title] 2 : to enroll formally esp. as a voter or student 3 : to secure special protection for (a piece of mail) by prepayment of a fee vi 1 : to enroll one's name in a register 2 : to enroll one's name officially as a prerequisite for voting ...
Municipal corporation
Municipal corporation. A body of persons in a town having the powers of acting as one person, of holding and transmitting property, and of regulating the government of the town. Such corporations existed in the chief towns of England (as of other countries) from very early times, deriving their authority from 'incorporating' charters granted by the Crown.The Municipal Corporations Act,1835 (5 & 6 Wm. 4, c. 76), passed after local inquiries by Royal Commissioners, completely reorganized the constitution of these corporations, and abrogated all charters so far, but so far only, as inconsistent with it. This Act applied to 178 corporations named in the schedules thereto, and to 68 other corporations subsequently receiving a charter, a town to which it applied being styled a 'borough.'The (English) Act of 1835 was amended by a series of statutes passed from time to time, and consolidated by the (English) Municipal Corporations Act,1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), which, in turn (except for Lond...
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