The Parliamentary Election Acts for England and Wales: Arranged According to the Qualification and the Registration of Electors, Electoral Areas, the Disqualification of Candidates, the Election and the Election Petiltion, with Notes, History and Summary : Being a Treatise on the Law of the Election of Members in England and Wales to the House of Commons of the United KingdomW. Clowes and Sons, 1885 - 588 pages |
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Page xv
... sitting in Parliament , and was the origin of a long string of statutes , are of compara- tively little importance . In 1696 , by 7 Will . 3 , c . 25 , minors were , by an Act decla- ratory of the common law , pronounced disqualified ...
... sitting in Parliament , and was the origin of a long string of statutes , are of compara- tively little importance . In 1696 , by 7 Will . 3 , c . 25 , minors were , by an Act decla- ratory of the common law , pronounced disqualified ...
Page xvi
... sit and vote , having been previously debarred indirectly only , but effectually , by a form of oath which Roman Catholics could not take . The Reform Act of 1832 consists of two parts , one dealing Act , 1832. with electoral areas ...
... sit and vote , having been previously debarred indirectly only , but effectually , by a form of oath which Roman Catholics could not take . The Reform Act of 1832 consists of two parts , one dealing Act , 1832. with electoral areas ...
Page xviii
... sitting by a form of oath which such persons could not take , were admitted to sit by being allowed to take an oath omitting the words " upon the true faith of a Christian . " In 1865 the County Voters Registration Act amended the law ...
... sitting by a form of oath which such persons could not take , were admitted to sit by being allowed to take an oath omitting the words " upon the true faith of a Christian . " In 1865 the County Voters Registration Act amended the law ...
Page xxxiii
... sit in the House of Commons , except in virtue of another Act of Parliament revoking the disqualification in regard to such ... sitting . The office of Secretary of State is analogous to an office held in commission . At one time three ...
... sit in the House of Commons , except in virtue of another Act of Parliament revoking the disqualification in regard to such ... sitting . The office of Secretary of State is analogous to an office held in commission . At one time three ...
Page xxxiv
... sit in the House of Commons , and the penalty imposed by the Act of 1864 applies to all these . The provision of the Act ... sitting in the House of Commons , but the wide definition contained in the Act of Parliament has been somewhat ...
... sit in the House of Commons , and the penalty imposed by the Act of 1864 applies to all these . The provision of the Act ... sitting in the House of Commons , but the wide definition contained in the Act of Parliament has been somewhat ...
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31 Vict 48 Vict aforesaid amend appeal apply appointed ballot paper boundary candidate City of London city or borough claim claimants Commissioners comprised in Division copy Corrupt Practices county or borough Cricklade day of July declaration deemed disqualified dwelling-house election agent election of members election petition electors enacted entitled to vote expenses franchise freehold freemen Hackney Parish hereby House of Commons Ireland last day list of voters lodgers member or members members to serve mentary municipal borough notice of objection overseers ownership voters parish or township Parlia parliamentary borough Parliamentary Elections Parliamentary Registration Acts parliamentary voters payment peace person objected persons entitled place of abode polling districts poor rate pounds precept premises Provided purpose qualification quarter sessions register of voters relating repealed Representation returning officer revising barrister Sched Schedule scot and lot serve in Parliament Sessional Division sheriff thereof tion town clerk Ward writ
Popular passages
Page 381 - ... to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person in order to induce any voter to vote or refrain from voting...
Page 401 - ... for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
Page 45 - Act, 1870, real and personal property of every description may be taken, acquired, held, and disposed of by an alien in the same manner in all respects as by a natural-born British subject ; and a title to real and personal property of every description may be derived through, from, or in succession to an alien, in the same manner in all respects as through, from, or in succession to a naturalborn British subject.
Page 449 - ... on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of such election...
Page 435 - ANY person who corruptly by himself or by any other person, either before, during or after an election, directly or indirectly gives or provides or pays wholly or in part the expense of giving or providing any meat, drink, entertainment or provision to or for any person, for the purpose of corruptly influencing that person or any other person to give or refrain from giving his vote...
Page 507 - Petition shall be divided into paragraphs, each of which, as nearly as may be, shall be confined to a distinct portion of the subject...
Page 421 - A description or citation of a portion of an Act is inclusive of the words, section, or other part, first or last mentioned, or otherwise referred to as forming the beginning, or as forming the end, of the portion comprised in the description or citation.
Page 75 - January 5 then last past, and the overseers shall keep the said list, to be perused by any person, without payment of any fee, at any time between the hours of ten of the clock in the forenoon, and four of the clock in the afternoon...
Page 480 - Person who shall advance or pay, or cause to be paid, any Money to or to the Use of any other Person with the Intent that such Money or any Part thereof shall be expended in Bribery at any Election...
Page 323 - ... directly or indirectly, himself, or by any other person in trust for him, or for his use or benefit, or on his account, undertake, execute, hold, or enjoy, in whole or in part, any contract or agreement, made or entered Into in behalf of the United States...