Election Petitions
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Petitions for inquiry into the validity of elections of members of parliament, when it is alleged that the return of a member is invalid for bribery, or any other reason. These petitions are heard by a judge of one of the commonlaw divisions of the high court.
Pari. El. Act 1868; Judicature Act 1873, § 38.
ELECTIONES FIANT RITE ET LIBERE sine interruptione allqua. Elections should be made in due iorm, and freely, without any interruption.
2 Inst. 169.