Tie
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
When two persons receive an equal number of votes at an election, there is said to be a tie. Neither is elected. When the votes are given on any question to be decided by a deliberative assembly, and there is a tie, the question is lost.
See Majority.