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Northern Ireland
six counties: Antrim, Armagh; Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone, including boroughs of Belfast ad Londonderry, with (1) a representation of 13 members (including one from the Queen's University of Belfast) in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Offer to bribery
Offer to bribery, the expression 'offer or bribery' must be given a very wide meaning and not a narrow construction in order to ensure that elections are held in an atmosphere of absolute purity, Ghasiram Majhi...
Office of profit
statutory exceptions which allow the holders of offices created since 1705 to seek re-election. S. 52 of the Representation of the People Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 102), allowed Ministers to transfer from one office
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On the date fixed for scrutiny
On the date fixed for scrutiny, the expression 'on the date fixed for scrutiny' in s. 36(2)(a) means 'on the whole of the day on which the scrutiny of nomination has to take place'. In other...
Package
Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003, s. 2(i)] Includes a box, carton, tin or other container. [Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 (60 of 1986), s. 2(e)] Includes any case, box container covering folder, receptacle,
Parish
An extended definition of 'parish' for ecclesiastical purposes is given in para. 1 of the Schedule to the Representation of the Laity Measure, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, No. 2). As to the origin of parishes,
Candidate
Candidate [fr. Candidatus, Lat., clothed in white], a competitor, one who solicits or proposes himself for a place or office. The name is derived from the toga candida in which competitors at Rome were habited. In...
Hyetograph
A chart or graphic representation of the average distribution of rain over the surface of the earth
Burgage-tenure
Ibid. 109 a. It was a freehold tenure and may still give a right of vote, see (English) Representation of the People Act,1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 64), s. 17(2). The tenure of Borough English
Calumny
False accusation of a crime or offense maliciously made or reported to the injury of another malicious misrepresentation slander detraction
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