Tie
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
n. When, at an election, neither candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, but each has the same number, there is said to be a "tie." So when the number of votes cast in favor of any measure, in a legislative or deliberative body, is equal to the number cast against it. See Wooster v. Mullins, 64 Conn. 340, 30 AU. 144, 25 In R. A. 694
v. To bind. "The parson is not tied to find the parish clerk." 1 Leon. 94.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Vote.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
When the votes cast for and those against a question submitted to a deliberative body are equal in number, so that no result is reached, there is said to be a tie. See Casting Votk.