Election Petitions
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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 pf one of the common-law divisions of the high court.
Defined under Election in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Petitions for inquiry tnto the validity of elections of menibers of parliament, when it is alleged that the return of a member is invalid for bribery or any otherreason. These petitions are heard by a judge of one of the commonlaw divisions of the high court. Electiones fiant rite et libere sine interruptione aliqua. Elections should be made in due form, and freely, without any interruption. 2 Inst. 169.