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vote [Latin votum vow, hope, wish] 1 a : a usually formal expression of opinion or will in response to a proposed decision ;esp : one given as an indication of approval or disapproval of a proposal, motion, or candidate for office b : the total number of such votes made known at a single time [got half the ] 2 : the collective opinion or preference of a body of persons expressed by voting 3 : the right to cast a vote ;specif : the right of suffrage 4 a : the act or process of voting [brought the question to a ] b : a method of voting vb vot·ed vot·ing vi 1 a : to cast or conduct a vote [ for acquittal] b : to exercise a political franchise [encourage people to ] vt 1 : to choose, endorse, decide the disposition of, defeat, or authorize by vote [ an appropriation] 2 : to cast votes on a corporate matter on the basis of [voted their shares against the proposed merger] ...
Casting vote
Casting vote, the vote given by the chairman or president of a deliberative assembly when the suffrages of the meeting are equal. The chairman, though not disqualified by law from voting, Nell v. Longbottom, 1894 (1) QB 767, is usually not entitled to vote in the first instance.The Speaker of the House of Commons (though he was no vote in the first instance) has a casting vote, and by the practice of the House gives it in favour of a motion or bill, so as to give opportunity for further consideration. So has the mayor or other chairman at a meeting of a town council (English) (Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), s. 22, and Sched. II., r. 11), and the Chairman of a (English) Country Council (Local) Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41), s. 75), and the chairman of a parish meeting, or Parish Council (Local Government Act, 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73), Sched. I., Pt. 2, r. 8, and Pt. 3, r. 10). These Acts have been replaced, except in regard to London, by the Local...
Faggot votes
Faggot votes. A faggot vote is where a man is formally possessed of a right to vote for a member of Parliament, without possessing the substance which the vote should represent; as if he is enabled to buy a property, and at the same moment mortgage it to its full value for the mere sake of the vote; such a vote is called a faggot vote. The (English) Reform Bill of 1832 contained provisions which were directed against faggot voters. The Representation of the People Act, 1884, carried such provisions still further. Since the Representation of the People Act, 1918, the subject of faggot votes has become a matter of historical interest only....
voting rights
voting rights 1 : rights of participation in esp. public elections see also Voting Rights Act in the Important Laws section 2 : the rights of shareholders or directors to vote on corporate matters compare voting stock at stock voting trust at trust ...
Vote of credit
Vote of credit, in England, in conditions of National Emergency or War Parliament is called for to pass a vote of credit as it is impossible to draw up a detailed estimate of expenditure, however, votes of credit are regarded as undesirable in principle, Office of the Speaker in the Parliament of Commonwealth Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 256.Vote of credit, the Lok Sabha in Indian Parliament is authorized to make grant known as vote of credit for meeting an unexpected demand for money when the demand cannot be stated with details due to the magnitude or the indefinite character of the service, Constitution of India, Art. 116....
cumulative voting
cumulative voting : a system of voting for corporate directors in which each shareholder is entitled to as many votes as he or she has shares times the number of directors to be elected compare straight voting ...
straight voting
straight voting : a system of voting for corporate directors in which each shareholder may cast one vote for each share of stock owned for each seat in contention compare cumulative voting ...
Bargain for votes
Bargain for votes, a bargain for the purposes of this s. does not mean that the candidate or his agent makes an offer and the voter accepts it in the sense that he promises to vote. It is enough if the candidate or his agent makes the gift or promise on that condition. If a candidate or his agent pays money to a voter saying that he wants him to vote it is a bargain for the purposes of this section. It is not necessary that the voter should say that he would vote and thereafter the candidate or his agent should pay the money, S. Iqbal Singh v. S. Gurdas Singh, AIR 1976 SC 27 (35): (1976) 3 SCC 284. [Representation of the People Act, 1951, s. 123(1)]...
Voting
Voting, voting is formal expression of will or opinion by the person entitled to exercise the right on the subject or issue in question. In Black's Law Dictionary it is explained as, 'the expression of one's will, preference, or choice, formally mani-fested by a member of a legislative or deliberative body, or of a constituency or a body of qualified electors, in regard to the decision to be made by the body as a whole upon any proposed measure or proceeding or in passing laws, rules or regulations, or the selection of an officer or representative'. Right to vote means right to exercise the right in favour of or against the motion or resolution. Such a right implies right to remain neutral as well, Lily Thomas, Advocate v. Speaker, Lok Sabha, (1993) 4 SCC 234.The casting of votes for the purpose of residing an issue, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1571...
voting trust certificate
voting trust certificate : a certificate issued as evidence of the holder's beneficial interest in a voting trust ...
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