Voting - Law Dictionary Search Results
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,
Electoral franchise
office, service, or employment. The (English) Representation of the People Act, 1918, created great changes: it abolished the voting qualifications of property owners, lodgers, free-men, etc.; it extended the parliamentary franchise to women for the first time,
Company in which the public are substantially interested
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) 2 SCR
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Bribe
or to or for any other person, in order to induce any voter to vote or refrain from voting, or corruptly to do any such act as aforesaid on account of such voter having voted or refrained
stock
of dividends and a share of asset distribution before the holders of common stock but are usually denied voting rights Treasury stock : stock that is reacquired and held by the issuing company (as to increase the
reorganization
by one corporation of the stock of another corporation in exchange solely for all or some of the voting stock of the acquiring corporation or its parent either of which has control of the acquired corporation immediately
dilution
another and that creates potential confusion on the part of the consumer 3 : a weakening of the voting rights of a group of citizens (as a minority) because the representatives they elect have no greater legislative
impeach
Congress themselves are not removed by being impeached and tried, but rather are expelled by a two-thirds majority vote in the member's house.) The House draws up articles of impeachment that itemize the charges and their factual
Speaker of the House of Commons
following:-To preside, as Chairman of the House, at its debates when not in committee; to give a casting vote, when the votes are equal, which according to practice he gives in favour of a motion or bill
Direct nomination
The nomination or designation of candidates for public office by direct popular vote rather than through the action of a convention or body of elected nominating representatives or delegates The term
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