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Municipal corporation
the 'mayor, aldermen, and burgesses,' and acting through a; council' elected by the burgesses, i.e., persons entitled to vote under the (English) Representation of the People Acts, 1918 to 1929. The voters are all resident householders who
Induce
to 'prevail on, persuade'. The gratifi-cation must have some connection or reflection, direct or indirect, in persuading the voter to vote or refrain from voting at an election. If the inducement to the voter is not caused
Life-peerage
Life-peerage. Letters-patent, conferring the dignity of baron for life only, do not enable the grantee to sit and vote in the House of Lords, not even with the usual writ of summons to the House, Resolution of
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Lame Duck Session
new Lok Sabha had been held but new Lok Sabha had not been duly constituted, to pass the vote on account, these were known as 'Lame Duck' Session, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L.
Inland revenue
of imposing the taxes proposed in the Annual Budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and sanction by vote of the House of Commons; and in and since 1894 a 'Finance Act' has been passed for the
Initiative
Initiative, means an electoral process by which a percentage of voters can propose legislation and compel a vote on it by the legislature or by the full electorate. Recognised
Postmaster-General
(see 29 & 30 Vict. c. 55), and if an Assistant Postmaster-General is appointed he can sit and vote in the House of Commons by virtue of the Assistant Postmaster-General Act, 1909. There were two before 1822,
Independent member
one time meant independent of the king; during the 18th century, meant independent of the government able to vote as he pleased and is only governed by his conscience as to the regularity of his attendance in
House of Commons
six points of the 'People Charter 'demanded by the 'Chartists 'at Birmingham in 1838 were:--(1) Universal Suffrage; (2) Vote by Ballot (granted in 1872); (3) Paid Representatives (granted in 1911); (4) Equal Electoral Districts; (5) Abolition of
Peer
member of the House of Lords cannot become a member of the House of Commons, nor can be vote at an election to that House, Earr Beauchamp v. Madresfield, (1872) LR 8 CP 245, although an Irish
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