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voting rights
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Shares
Shares, means shares in the share capital of a company carrying voting rights and includes--(i) any security which entitles the holder to receive shares with voting rights; (ii) stock except where … of a company carrying voting rights and includes--(i) any security which entitles the holder to receive shares with voting rights; (ii) stock except where a distinction between stock and share is expressed or implied. [Competition Act, 2002 (12
trust
the transfer of legal title to shares of stock to a trustee or trustees who exercise the corporate voting rights conferred by ownership of the shares as agreed in the trust instrument NOTE: The shareholders transferring legal title … of their interest in the trust, which provides the holder with the rights of a shareholder except for voting rights. 2 a : a combination of firms or corporations formed by an agreement establishing a trust whereby shareholders
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Voting
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vote
[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 … 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
House of Commons
Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, and eighteen other boroughs first obtained representa-tion--having two members each given them, the rights of voting being also very largely extended; in 1867, when a similar but less extensive re-arrangement of seats took place,
Poll
of voters present at a meeting. As to taking a poll at parliamentary and municipal elections by secret voting, see the Ballot Act, 1872. Wherever a person has to be chosen, or a thing may be ordered … be ordered to be done by the majority of persons entitled to vote, there is a Common Law right to demand a poll, so that all entitled to vote may have a second opportunity of voting, Reg.
Faggot votes
Faggot votes. A faggot vote is where a man is formally possessed of a right to vote for a member … 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
suffrage
State…shall be deprived of its equal in the Senate "U.S. Constitution art. V"] 2 : the right of voting : franchise ;also : the exercise of such right … trust [no State…shall be deprived of its equal in the Senate "U.S. Constitution art. V"] 2 : the right of voting : franchise ;also : the exercise of such right
High Steward, Court of the Lord
lords to attend and try the indicted peer. All the peers who have a right to sit and vote are summoned 21 days before such trial, and every lord appearing and taking the oaths may vote upon … serjeant-at-arms, to summon the lords to attend and try the indicted peer. All the peers who have a right to sit and vote are summoned 21 days before such trial, and every lord appearing and taking the
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