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Undue influence
a person is deemed to be in a position to dominate the Will of another- (a) Where he holds a real or apparent authority over the other, or where he stands in fiduciary relation to the other; … 145; Low v. Guthrie, 1909 AC 278; Huguenin v. Baseley, (1807) 14 Ves 273; 1 W&T LC. In election matters, undue influence is any force, violence, or restraint, or the infliction, or threat to inflict, any injury,
Residence
106), repealing former Acts, every spiritual person (with exceptions for heads of houses in the universities and others) holding a benefice, which comprises all parochial churches, perpetual curacies, chapels, and church or chapel districts, if with cure
Resignation
it connotes the act of giving up or relinquishing the office. To 'relinquish an office' means to 'cease to hold' the office, or to 'loose hold of' the office, Union of India v. Gopal Chandra Misra, AIR 1978 … Resignation, implies that the party resigning has been elected to the office which he resigns: a man cannot 'resign' that which he is not entitled to, Stroud's
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Sessions of the peace
the (English) Licensing Act, 1861. (21) Offences against the (English) False Personation Act, 1874. (22) Corrupt practices at elections (English) Corrupt and Illegal Practices Act, 1883, s. 53, and (English) Municipal Elections Act, 1884, ss. 30, 35, … to require their attendance in discharge of some duty, is a petty or petit session. The occasions for holding petty sessions are very numerous, amongst the most important of which is the bailing persons accused of felony,
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