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Outvote
To exceed in the number of votes given to defeat by votes
Company in which the public are substantially interested
Company in which the public are substantially interested, the public is beneficially interested in 25 per cent. of the voting power, Shree Changdeo Sugar Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, AIR 1961 SC 1154: (1961)...
Materially affected
that the result should not be judged by the mere increase or decrease in the total number of votes secured by the returned candidate but by proof of the fact that the wasted votes would have been
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Meeting
Meeting, an assembly of persons whose consent is required for anything to decide, by a proper majority of votes, whether or not that thing shall be done; e.g., the meeting of the town council under s. 22
Office of profit
Office of profit, a person who was a Pramukh at the time of filing of nomination papers and who was drawing a honorarium was not holding an office of profit, Umrao Singh v. Yeshwant Singh, AIR...
Parliament
Parliament, British Parliament consists of sovereign, House of Lords and the House of Commons. The Power of Parliament is transcendent and its Acts bind every subject; no authority other than Parliament can create, amend or abrogate...
dilution
dilution 1 : a lessening of real value (as of equity) by a decrease in relative worth ;specif : a decrease of the value per share of common stock caused by an increase in the total...
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
Act, 1925, s. 6 (2)). Lords of Appeal in Ordinary rank as barons for life and sit and vote in the House of Lords. (Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1887, s. 2)
Pairs
the opposite party, who also wishes to be absent, that neither shall attend the House, or at least vote in a division, for an agreed time. These members are then said to be 'paired' each being the
Nemine contradicente
[Lat.], the phrase to signify the unanimous consent of the Members of the House of Commons to a vote or resolution; it is analogous to the term nemine dissentiente (nem. Dis.) in the House of Peers.
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